Ink buildup sensor arrangement

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PATENT NO 9770906
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15316378

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A continuous ink jet print head (10), including: an ink droplet generator (116) configured to emit an ink droplet (158) along an undeflected droplet flight path (30); a charge electrode (118) configured to impart a charge to the ink droplet; deflector plates (120A, 120B) adjacent the undeflected droplet flight path, downstream from the charge electrode, and configured to deflect the ink droplet to a deflected droplet flight path that lies within a range of deflected flight paths bounded by at least deflected droplet flight path and a most deflected droplet flight path; a gutter (122) configured to receive an ink droplet traveling along the undeflected droplet flight path; and an ink buildup sensor (102) configured to detect an accumulation of ink (140) relative to a droplet flight path disposed within the range of deflected flight paths.

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VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC1500 MITTEL BOULEVARD WOOD DALE IL 60191

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Salhadin, Omer Cambridge, GB 3 4
Smith, Robert Thrapston, GB 397 17369

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