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Authorities say a man who killed his ex-wife also killed a renter and a neighbor before fleeing the western North Carolina neighborhood with his two children.
The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office said they found 45-year-old Richard Heatwole dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound early Friday morning in a cousin's home near Taylorsville in Alexander County. The 10-year-old and 6-year-old children were safe in police custody.
Investigators began their search for Heatwole on Thursday night after finding his ex-wife, 49-year-old Angela Heatwole, dead in a Candler home. Authorities said he also killed 44-year-old Divina Gracia Agulto, who was renting a room at the home, and 43-year-old Lesley Curtis Moore Keogh, who lived next door.
Hayes Heatwole is a 6-year-old White male, approximately 3 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 45 pounds. He has blond- long shaggy hair, and blue eyes.
Haley Heatwole is a 10-year-old White female, approximately 4 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 62 pounds. She has brown-shoulder length hair, and hazel eyes. Scar on her forehead that extends to the bridge of her nose.
Allegedly, there is 1 abductor: Richard Doughlas Heatwole. Richard Doughlas Heatwole is described as 45 years old, White, male, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 165 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes.
Authorities believe the suspect and children are traveling to St. Petersburg, Fl. The vehicle is a White 1986 Toyota Truck Extended Cab with NC license tag number YNS-8257.
If you have any information regarding this abduction, call the Buncombe County Sheriff`s Office immediately at (828) 250-6670, NA or call 911 or *HP.


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True change comes from within. Physical change is not complete without sharing the Gospel. In order to break the cycle of poverty, we must first start with the heart. This refers to the active combination of word and deed; "holistic ministry". We must share the hope and good news of the Gospel alongside our social work in order to see the Holy Spirit's transformative power. Neither side of our ministry is complete without the other. We must address both to see a true transformation and to end the plague of extreme poverty.
We are a Christian ministry that serves the poorest of the poor internationally by channeling aid through existing churches or church-based ministries, cost-effectively helping the poor while advancing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We seek to reflect God's love for us in the way we treat others - not only with words of encouragement, but through practical actions which comfort, sustain and uplift those in greatest need.
The Scriptures clearly reveal this call to action, and its truth will be our guide (1 John 3:16, Isaiah 58:6-12, Matthew 25:31-46, Acts 2:40-47).
As believers in Christ's Gospel of mercy, we strive to bring God's promised salvation to men and women of every race, creed and walk of life. Jesus also taught that the needy are rich in faith - a gift which can bless the poor in spirit. Therefore, we seek to create an exchange of both material and spiritual sustenance between the Church in America and churches in developing countries.
In all things, we strive to glorify God, revealing His perfect grace to the world.
1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
3. We believe in the deity and humanity of Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His present rule as Head of the Church and in His personal return in power and glory.
4. We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful men regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
5. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
6. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
7. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, with equality across racial, gender, and class differences.
We want to value what God values. We want to conform our heart and mind to the heart and mind of God. Consequently, we humbly seek to be guided by the following core values in our ministry and to constantly seek the wisdom of God to improve our understanding and implementation of these principles.
1. We seek to provide food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education, economic opportunities and other such blessings to the poorest of the poor.
2. We seek to help the poor in Jesus' name and for the glory of God.
3. We seek to give priority to those efforts which empower the local church and Christian ministries which help the poor and which are also dedicated to the furtherance of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
4. We seek to give priority to those churches and ministries which employ a community-oriented strategy in helping the poor and which increase the self-sufficiency of the poor.
5. We seek to foster an exchange between the churches of the Developing World and the churches of the First World and demonstrate respect for the vision of the churches and ministries with which we work.
6. We seek to maintain a high standard of excellence in our work, not sacrificing the quality of our work for the sake of quantity. And we seek to operate with integrity and honesty in respect to our donors and co-laborers.
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Pompano Beach, FL 33060
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600 SW Third Street Suite 2201
Pompano Beach, FL 33060 USA
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600 SW Third Street Suite 2201
Pompano Beach, FL 33060
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IRS Filing Requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
How does this organization make a difference?
We seek to reflect God's love for us in the way we treat others -
not only with words of encouragement, but through practical actions
which comfort, sustain and uplift those in greatest need.
Scriptures clearly reveal this call to action, and its truth will be
our guide (1 John 3:16, Isaiah 58:6-12, Matthew 25:31-46, Acts 2:40-47).
believers in Christ's Gospel of mercy, we strive to bring God's
promised salvation to men and women of every race, creed and walk of
life. Jesus also taught that the needy are rich in faith - a gift which
can bless the poor in spirit. Therefore, we seek to create an exchange
of both material and spiritual sustenance between the Church in America
and churches in developing countries.
In all things, we strive to glorify God, revealing His perfect grace to the world.
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
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Relief & Development Projects
Program description
Cross International serves the poor in more than 25 countries in the Caribbean, Central and South America, Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia – including Haiti, Mozambique and the Philippines. The organization provides resources to meet a wide variety of needs, including food, clothing, projects for safe water, medicines and medical equipment for clinics, materials for schools and self-help programs, houses for the homeless and micro-enterprise loans to promote self-sufficiency. Virtually all of these efforts are organized through Christian churches already in place overseas, which allows Cross International to offer one of the most cost effective charitable outreaches in the country. Since its inception, 95 percent or more of donations received are used for program services, with less than 5 percent used for administrative and fund-raising expenses. Cross is also noteworthy for offering donors opportunities to sponsor unique projects and urgent needs. The charity provides a project catalog of these needs on its website and donors who participate can use this process to fund efforts of many types in various countries. For example, an individual can sponsor the construction of a house for a group of AIDS orphans in a specific village in Africa or supply food to a specific school in Haiti or contribute to a medical outreach in the Philippines. Some projects are also seasonal or focused on special interest groups. For example, Cross International's Harmony of Hearts program involves church worship teams and choirs in a music presentation that can benefit the poor overseas. Other programs are geared to church school use and highlight back-to-school programs, home building and other specific goals. While Cross International has been recognized by the U.S. government for its effectiveness and professionalism, most of the funding for the charity's programs come from U.S. Christians and U.S. churches seeking to sponsor specific projects that will have a direct and meaningful impact on the poor.
Program long term success
Cross International's goal is to make individuals and communities self-sufficient and many of its programs are specifically designed with that aim in mind. Many of the partners Cross works with have also developed greater capacity for service as a result of the support, growing their outreaches from small ministries into more sophisticated programs capable of greater service to the poor.
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Cross International's vice president of missions and staff of field directors travel overseas regularly to visit sponsored programs and monitor the use of funds. The organization's accounting department is experienced with international missions work and performs professional audits and detailed financial reporting.
Program success examples
Cross International is part of the Cross Alliance, which has provided the poor more than $1 billion in aid since its inception in 2001. Hundreds of individual projects have been successfully funded as a result. Independent studies have proven the effectiveness of this work. For example, medical teams have reported significant drops in infant/child fatalities in areas where Cross has launched safe water projects, feeding centers and/or medical outreaches.
Public, Society Benefit
Population Served
General Public/Unspecified
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Funding Needs
Funding is needed at various levels from $10 up to $250,000 or more depending on the project type and objectives. Every contribution, large or small can have a significant benefit to the poor.
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Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations?
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year?
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year?
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership?
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Now that September 1st has come and gone, it seems like everyone has fall and pumpkin on their minds. The weather is still warm here but there's been a definite chill in the air in the mornings. We enjoyed dinner outside on the patio last night, and are predicted to get temperatures over 100 degrees (!) most days this week, but even so I broke out the pumpkin this weekend. The earlier we start with fall baking, the longer we can enjoy it, right? ;)
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Homemade ricotta cheese... yes, I made cheese, and no, it wasn't at all difficult or time-consuming! Ricotta cheese is a great place to start in homemade cheesemaking, because it is SO easy. I'd estimate it takes 10 minutes (at most) of active time, and about 30 minutes of inactive time until you have fresh ricotta ready to enjoy.
Making ricotta cheese requires no fancy ingredients or equipment. If you have milk, salt, and lemon juice, you can make ricotta. An instant-read thermometer, fine-mesh strainer, and some cheesecloth ... [Continue Reading]
This Mocha Granola is full of chocolate, coffee, and almonds. It makes a great late-night snack, breakfast, or afternoon pick-me-up!
Hello Friends and Happy Friday! We've come to the final recipe of Granola Week! In case you missed any of this week's recipes, here's a quick recap.
We started the week with this Tropical Granola, filled with pineapple and coconut. I also shared 5 great reasons why you should make your own granola.
Tuesday's recipe was this super crunchy Cherry Almond Quinoa Granola. If you love almonds and dried cherries, you've gotta try this one.
Next up was this super simple 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Granola. Peanut butter lovers, this one's for ... [Continue Reading]
This Honey Almond Flax Granola is one of my very favorite breakfasts. Not only will you crave bowl after bowl of this granola, but it's also a healthy way to start your day! Just look at that Honey Almond Flax Granola. I'm wishing I had a bowl of it right now. You too? It's just bursting with crispy, oaty goodness! Full of toasted coconut flakes, sliced almonds, crunchy oats, and flaxseed, this granola is lightly sweetened with honey and a little bit of maple syrup. I added two teaspoons of pure almond extract as well, to really infuse the granola with almond flavor.
Out of all of the granola recipes that I'm sharing this week, I think this one is my favorite. It's really hard for me to ... [Continue Reading]
This Peanut Butter Granola is made with just 4 ingredients, in only 10 minutes of prep time. It's crisp and lightly sweetened, with just the right amount of peanut butter flavor.
Today is day 3 of Granola Week, and if you missed my recipes for Tropical Granola and crunchy Cherry Almond Quinoa Granola you should go check them out! I'll wait for you right here. :)
You're gonna love today's granola. It can pass for breakfast, a snack, or even dessert. When it comes to food, simplicity is often best and that is so true with this recipe. You only need 4 ingredients and 10 minutes of prep time to make amazing, crunchy peanut butter granola.
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Made with red quinoa, this Cherry Almond Quinoa Granola is super crunchy and filled with cherries and almonds! Almond extract gives it even more almond flavor.
When I set out to create a new batch of granola recipes, I knew I wanted to include a quinoa granola. I had never made quinoa granola myself, but I'd seen it pop up on blog after blog. I love cooking with quinoa, and I knew it would give a granola some nice crunch.
I've used red quinoa because of it adds a pop of pretty color to the granola. (Plus, it coordinates so well with the cherries, don't you think?) You add the quinoa to the granola raw, just like the oats, and it toasts up as the granola bakes. You will want to be ... [Continue Reading]
To kick off a week of granola recipes, I'm sharing 5 reasons why you should make your own granola, plus a recipe for Tropical Granola. Full of coconut, pineapple, and almonds, this granola will bring a taste of the tropics to your kitchen table!
Hi there and Happy Memorial Day! I hope you have the day off and have some outdoor fun planned! I'm heading to our neighborhood park with the kids, and then this afternoon we'll be grilling out in the backyard at my parents' house. It's supposed to be about 90 here today, so we'll head indoors for the hottest part of the day. What have you been up to over this long weekend?
I am super excited about today's post because it kicks off a week of ... [Continue Reading]
You won't be able to resist these bite-sized treats! Homemade Vanilla Wafers in chocolate and vanilla. Why choose... try them both!
I can remember eating Nilla wafers from the yellow box since I was a kid. I don't know what it is about them, but they are addicting! When I was pregnant with both Julia and William I would often snack on a few Nilla wafers, with a spread of peanut butter on each one. (If you've never tried that, you must. Sooo good.) Since Julia saw me eating Nilla wafers while pregnant with William, she of course tried them and they quickly became a favorite of hers too.
I haven't bought Nilla wafers from the store for a while, since they have some ingredients that ... [Continue Reading]
Homemade Whole Grain Fruit Bars are the perfect treat to add to your lunchbox. Made with real ingredients, kids and adults alike will love these bars!
These Whole Grain Fruit Bars are my latest addiction. I love how easy they are to make. I love that they are whole grain and contain only recognizable ingredients. I love that these fruit bars can pass for both a snack or healthy dessert. In my efforts to pack nutritious lunches made from real foods for both myself and my kids, I've been making up a batch of these every few weeks. They make a great lunchbox addition or after-school snack, paired with a cold glass of milk of course.
You know those fruit-filled cereal bars that you can buy ... [Continue Reading]
Today let's bake some bread! In my ideal world, I would make all of our bread from scratch. Of course, in this ideal world I would also always make homemade granola bars, Greek yogurt, graham crackers, granola, hummus, pita, and, well you get the idea. In the real world there is such a thing as limited time, so I have to make choices about what I will make in each particular week. For the past few weeks, I have been baking this oatmeal-honey sandwich bread, and it's my new addiction. It makes great sandwiches and amazing toast. I also can't resist a fresh slice spread with a little butter, right after it cools from the oven. So. so. good.
In my testing of this recipe, I've found that I ... [Continue Reading]
A few weeks ago I posted a recipe for Peppermint Hot Cocoa. Today I'm sharing a traditional hot cocoa recipe with you, because sometimes you just want a basic cup of cocoa. This homemade hot cocoa is simple to make on the stovetop, or even in the microwave if you're in a hurry. I went light on the sugar because only a little is needed to enhance the rich chocolate flavor. Whipped cream is optional but highly recommended!
I prefer to mix up my hot cocoa ingredients each time I make it, but I know that some of you might like to keep a mix on hand. Below I have also included a larger-scale recipe to make hot cocoa mix, which you can store almost indefinitely at room temperature.
We still ... [Continue Reading]
For a while now I have been trying to get away from buying packaged foods as much as possible. I know that fresh foods like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, are much more healthful than processed foods, and I want to feed my family foods in their natural state as much as possible. One result of this is that I have a really hard time buying packages of things like pre-made taco seasoning, which can be loaded with extra sodium and other not-so-nutritious additives.
To make my own homemade taco seasoning, I began by researching various recipes online. The differences between recipes are great, and when creating my own I used a combination of the recipes I found. I wanted my taco ... [Continue Reading]
Weekday mornings are often rushed, busy times. Whether you are trying to get out the door to head to work or getting kids ready to go to school, there is not much time to prepare breakfast. My usual quick breakfast is a bowl of cold cereal, but I get tired of the store-bought options. I love making homemade granola because I can fill it with nutritious ingredients and customize the flavors to my liking. My all-time favorite homemade granola is made with lots of nuts and maple syrup, but for fall I've been loving this pumpkin spice granola.
I made three batches of pumpkin granola in two days, because I wanted to get the recipe just right. This granola has plenty of pumpkin spice flavor, ... [Continue Reading]
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Google's logo right now is made of Lego bricks, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the bricks.
According to Wikipedia, it's not the 50th anniversary of the company (it's much older), but the brick system as we know it today was introduced in 1958.
I grew up with these toys. I had (and have) a ton of them, and many an afternoon was spent annoying my parents with the sound of me digging through a large box, looking for just the right piece, and many messes were made constructing and reconstructing all kinds of items, and generally leaving special pieces laying about, for quick retrieval, or "I might need that later."
I rarely made the model depicted on the box more than once. It was more fun to build other things. It makes me kind of sad that there are so many pieces now that are good for only one thing, the picture on the box. It was a lot more fun when a bunch of nondescript pieces went together to eventually form something recognizable, and then those same pieces could be used to make something completely different.
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|10. Jan. 1978
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|20. Dez. 1976
|Auch veröffentlicht unter
|George Jee Fan, David Chan-Wai Lo, Joseph William Mitchell
|Ursprünglich Bevollmächtigter
|International Business Machines Corporation
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This invention relates generally to ink jet printers and particularly to vector magnetic ink jet printers, otherwise known as "VMIJ" printers.
In a VMIJ printer a stream of ferrofluid ink droplets emitted under pressure from a vibratory nozzle is passed through the respective magnetic fields of successively arranged X and Y electromagnetic deflectors which have the combined effect of causing ink droplets to be deposited upon a recording surface along selected vectors or line segments to form printed characters or graphic plots thereon. Printers of this type are able to form printed characters in cursive fashion at higher speed with greater accuracy and with less waste of ink than other types of ink jet printers such as those which operate on the raster scan principle, whether they use electromagnetic or electrostatic deflection.
In a conventional VMIJ printer the X deflector (which deflects the magnetic ink droplets along a horizontal X axis) is positioned ahead of the Y deflector (which deflects the droplets along a vertical Y axis. In carrying out the present invention, it has been found preferable to reverse this sequence and have the Y deflector precede the X deflector. This is not a necessary condition, however. For convenience, in the present portion of this description, these two deflectors will be referred to simply as "first" and "second" deflectors without specifying their respective deflection axes, it being understood that such axes are in orthogonal relationship to each other and in substantially parallel relationship with the recording surface.
In a VMIJ printer it is desirable that the ink droplets be produced at a rate such that they will follow one another in sufficiently close succession to provide an aerodynamically stable jet stream. When the ink droplets are emitted at this rate, however, not all of the droplets which issue from the nozzle can be utilized for printing characters, and to separate those droplets which are to be used from those which are not needed in printing, the stream of droplets is first passed through a special type of magnetic deflector called "selector" before it reaches the first of the two axial deflectors described above. The present arrangement is such that when the droplets issue from the nozzle in which they are formed, they are aimed at an excess ink collection device called a "gutter" or "catcher." If a droplet is to be used in printing, it is "selected" by being magnetized by the selector. An "unselected" droplet (one not to be used in printing) is not magnetized as it passes through the selector. The selector exerts some deflecting action upon those droplets which it magnetizes, sufficient to divert such droplets from a course aimed at the catcher to one which will enable these droplets to reach the recording surface after passing successively through the magnetic deflecting fields of the first and second deflectors that are positioned between the selector and the recording surface. It should be understood, of course, that the selection process can be reversed, so that droplets which are to be guttered are magnetized while the "selected" droplets are not magnetized by the selector and are aimed away from the gutter.
In order that the catcher may function effectively to intercept the unselected droplets, it has been customary heretofore in designing VMIJ printers to place the catcher between the first and second deflectors where it catches the unselected droplets before they are subjected to the second deflecting field. Experience gained in working with prior designs of such deflectors has dictated the necessity of placing the catcher in this position because if the unselected droplets were permitted to pass through both deflecting fields before being caught, their respective courses may be so widely divergent by the time they pass through the second deflecting field that it would be impossible to locate the catcher properly for intercepting all of the unselected droplets.
Placing the Catcher between the first and second deflectors has several disadvantages, however. First, it causes the spacing between the two deflecting fields to be greater than it should be for optimum control, so that by the time the stream of selected droplets reaches the second deflector, it is apt to have an undesirably large "spread" along the axis of the first deflecting field, thereby decreasing the likelihood that the second deflecting field can effectively control all of the droplets that have passed through the first deflector.
A second disadvantage of catching the unselected droplets before they can enter the second deflector is that it prevents the employment of an "alternate selection" principle whereby the droplets to be used in printing are effectively separated from each other by unselected droplets. For best results it has been found that the droplets which are to be used for printing should not follow one another too closely. If the selected droplets are traveling too closely together, the leading droplet often is overtaken by and merged with the droplet behind it before it reaches the recording surface, with adverse effect upon the printing quality. It has been observed also that undesirable magnetic interactions will take place between selected droplets and cause erratic movements of these droplets if they are not adequately spaced from each other at every point in their travel. There is a better opportunity to produce printing of high graphic quality if the selected and unselected droplets are alternately arranged as they leave the selector and are caused to travel concurrently in slightly diverging substreams. This produces the desired spacing between selected droplets along their course of travel, and with the two substreams traveling in angular proximity to each other, each contributes a certain amount of aerodynamic stability to the other. This advantage is lost, however, if the substream of unselected droplets is abruptly intercepted by the catcher as it leaves the first deflector so that the substream of selected droplets passes by itself into the second deflector. There appears to be some need for the two substreams to proceed together on their divergent courses through both deflecting fields in order to minimize aerodynamic disturbances and obtain a stabilized stream of selected droplets all the way to the recording surface. For some reason not fully known, stream stability is adversely affected if the catcher halts the progress of the unselected substream as it emerges from the first deflecting field, thereby forcing the substream of selected droplets to proceed alone to the second deflector.
Thus, designers of prior VMIJ printers have been confronted with a dilemma. In order to retrieve the unselected droplets effectively, they have considered it necessary to place the catcher between the first and second deflectors; otherwise, the unselected droplets would be so widely scattered by the second deflecting field in the direction of the second deflection axis that they could not be "guttered" effectively. By doing this, however, designers of such equipment have in several ways substantially reduced the probability of obtaining high quality printing using the VMIJ technique. The innate advantages of the vector magnetic ink jet technique over other ink jet printing techniques are such that it would be highly desirable to produce a VMIJ printing apparatus wherein the above described factors which tend to detract from high graphic quality are rendered negligible, thereby enabling users of such printers to realize their full potential for achieving high quality printing with minimum waste of ink.
An object of the present invention is to improve the design of vector magnetic ink jet printers so that the catcher or gutter can be located between the final deflecting field and the recording surface rather than between successive deflecting fields. Specifically, it is an object to improve the configuration of the final deflecting field so that it has little or no effect upon unselected ink droplets that are passing in its vicinity. An ancillary object is to utilize the alternate selection principle whereby selected droplets initially are interspersed with unselected droplets, and the two sets of droplets are caused to travel in divergent substreams, each of which contributes to the aerodynamic stability of the other substream, so that the selected ink droplets will be guided toward their target points with maximum accuracy and without any undesired merging of these droplets in flight.
In carrying out the aforesaid objectives, substantial departures have been made from the prior VMIJ printer design. The gutter or catcher now is located between the final deflector and the recording surface. This enables the two axial deflectors to be located more closely together, thereby reducing the spread of selected droplets along the axis of the first deflector while they are in the field of the second deflector. The final deflector, which in the present embodiment is the X deflector, has a unique construction enabling it to produce an X deflecting field that can accurately control the trajectories of selected ink droplets occupying a large span of positions along the Y axis without substantially affecting the trajectories of unselected droplets passing by this deflector toward the catcher. The X deflecting field, instead of being produced by pole pieces whose faces are arranged in a conventional wedge configuration on opposite sides of the droplet stream, is now produced by pole pieces having parallel faces located on one side of the stream so that the gap between pole pieces and the deflecting field lines produced thereby will extend generally parallel with the stream of selected droplets rather than transversely across it. Selected droplets pass through a strong inner region of this X deflecting field having an adequate spread in the Y direction, whereas unselected droplets (which travel a course angularly displaced in the X direction from the course along which selected droplets travel as they enter the X deflection field) will pass through a weak outer fringe of this field that has little or no effect upon their trajectories. Hence, unselected droplets now may flow through both deflecting fields and be caught by a Y-oriented gutter, located adjacent to the recording surface, which does not have to be made unduly large in the X direction since the trajectories of unselected droplets have no significant angular separation in that direction. Between the X and Y deflectors there is no intervening gutter structure to disturb the trajectories of ink droplets as they pass from the Y field to the X field. Because of this, it now is possible to use the alternate selection technique whereby the selector magnetizes alternate droplets so that each pair of selected (i.e., magnetized) droplets is separated from each other by at least one intervening unselected (i.e., unmagnetized) droplet, thereby greatly increasing the likelihood of producing printed records or documents having high graphic quality for the reasons noted above.
The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following more particular description of a preferred embodiment of the invention, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing the essential elements of a vector magnetic ink jet printing apparatus which embodies the invention.
FIG. 2 is a top view of the apparatus schematically represented in FIG. 1, showing the manner in which selected and unselected droplets are formed into separate substreams.
FIG. 3 is a detail side view of the first or Y deflector, indicating its magnetic field distribution.
FIG. 4 is a detail plan view of the second or X deflector, indicating its magnetic field distribution.
FIGS. 5 and 6 are graphs which respectively represent the deflection-versus-current and deflection-versus-distance characteristics of the second or X deflector shown in FIG. 4.
The drawings depict the significant features of a vector magnetic ink jet (VMIJ) printer embodying the invention. Details of mechanical construction and electrical circuitry that are familiar to persons skilled in the art of magnetic ink jet printing have been omitted from these views. The omitted details have been disclosed in prior references such as U.S. Pat. No. 3,805,272, issued on Apr. 16, 1974 to George J. Fan et al, and U.S. Pat. No. 3,971,033, issued on July 20, 1976 to George J. Fan, both of these patents being assigned to the assignee of the present patent application. The structure shown in the accompanying drawings is deemed adequate for an understanding of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, ferrofluid ink of a type described in the aforesaid U.S. Pat. No. 3,805,272, for example, is fed under pressure through a feed valve mechanism 10 to a nozzle 12, from which the ink issues as a jet stream of discrete droplets due to the action of a vibrator comprising a piezoelectric transducer 14 mounted upon the valve 10. As shown best in FIG. 2, the nozzle 12 initially directs the stream of droplets issuing therefrom toward a gutter or catcher 16 which is located in front of a recording surface 18 such as a sheet of paper upon which printing is to be accomplished. After leaving the nozzle 12, the stream of initially unmagnetized droplets passes through a gap between the pole pieces of an electromagnet 20 called a "selector." The winding of the selector 20 is intermittently excited by current pulses which are appropriately timed so to produce a magnetic field in the gap of the selector 20 whenever a droplet which is to be selected for printing is passing through this gap. Thus, the selected droplet becomes magnetized and is attracted away from its original path 22 aimed at the catcher 16 into a slightly divergent path 24 as indicated in FIGS. 1 and 2. Hence, as each droplet enters the field of the first axial deflector 26, which in this embodiment is the Y deflector, it will be traveling along a path 22 aimed at the catcher 16 if it is an unselected droplet 26 (that is, one that was not magnetized by the selector 20) or along a path 24 aimed away from the catcher 16 if it is a selected droplet 28 (one that was magnetized by the selector 20).
In order to optimize the aerodynamic stability of the ink jet stream, it has been found desirable to emit ink droplets from the nozzle 12 at a frequency that is likely to be too high for best graphic quality if all of these droplets were selected for printing. There are several factors that would tend to detract from graphic quality if every droplet emitted by the nozzle 12 at this high rate were magnetized by the selector 20 and thus directed along a course 24 which would cause them to impinge the recording surface 18. If the magnetized droplets are not adequately spaced from each other when leaving the selector 20, magnetic interactions among them may produce undesired deviations in their respective trajectories or variations in spacing among them. There also is a possibility that some of the leading droplets may become merged with droplets that are following too closely behind them as a result of these magnetic aberrations or simply because of the fact that each droplet progressively loses speed as the distance between it and the nozzle increases, such loss of speed being greater for some droplets than for others.
In order to achieve a satisfactory resolution of the conflicting requirements that there be, on the one hand, emission of droplets from the nozzle at a sufficiently high rate to produce a jet stream which is highly stabilized aerodynamically and, on the other hand, adequate spacing of droplets that are destined to impinge the target surface so as to optimize the vector printing operation, and "alternate selection" technique is herein proposed. Thus, in accordance with this concept, every second droplet passing through the gap of selector 20 during a vector printing operation becomes magnetized by the field of this selector and is attracted into a path 24 that is aimed away from the ink catcher 16. Hence, the spacing between these selected droplets as they leave the selector 20 is about double the initial spacing between droplets as they enter the selector 20, with an unselected droplet intervening between each pair of successively selected droplets. It is understood, of course, that this selection technique may be modified, if desired, to interpose more than one unselected droplet between each pair of successively selected droplets.
The action of the selector effectively creates two substreams of droplets, one substream consisting of unselected droplets traveling along the original course 22 toward the catcher 16, and the other substream consisting of selected droplets that have been diverted into a course 24 that has a slight but significant angular displacement from the substream that was first described. These two substreams of selected and unselected droplets continue on their slightly divergent courses through (or in some cases, past) the respective magnetic fields of a Y deflector 30 and an X deflector 32, arranged in the sequence named between the selector 20 and the recording surface 18. No significant loss of aerodynamic stability is caused by this separation since the two jet streams are still in fairly close proximity to each other. The substream of unselected droplets is terminated at the catcher 16 just a short distance from the recording surface 18, after these droplets have traversed both the first and second axial deflectors 30 and 32. By the time it reaches this point, the substream of selected droplets has been so well stabilized that these droplets can traverse the remaining distance to the surface 18 with accuracy.
For vector printing purposes, a succession of selected droplets is subjected in varying amounts of deflection along two orthogonally related axes herein designated Y and X, the Y axis being substantially vertical and the X axis substantially horizontal in an assumed environment where the recording surface 18 is in a vertical plane parallel to both of these axes. The X and Y deflecting fields are "gradient" magnetic fields, that is, fields in which the magnetic intensity at any point is dependent upon not only the electrical current in the winding of the deflector but also the distance of the point from the pole faces of the deflector. The particular construction of each deflector will be described presently. In accordance with the invention, both selected and unselected droplets are subjected to any deflecting force in the Y (upward) direction that may be exerted upon them by the magnetic field of the first deflector 30, but only the selected droplets will be subjected to any significant deflection in the X (right horizontal) direction by the second deflector 32, because the magnetic field of this second deflector is specially shaped so that unselected droplets pass through only a weak outer fringe of this field and are substantially unaffected by it.
At this point in the description it is thought advisable to restate the definition of a "selected" droplet as one that has been exposed to a magnetic field generated by the selector 20 so that such a droplet is diverted from its original course 22 to an angularly displaced course 24. All droplets which are not magnetized by the selector 20 and which therefore continue on their original course 22 are "unselected". The selection process naturally causes the ferrofluid in the selected droplet to become magnetized. Whether this initial magnetization persists, and for how long, will depend upon the degree of remanence that the ferrofluid possesses. The remanence need not be high. As each selected droplet enters a subsequent deflection field, whether such field is produced by the first deflector 30 or the second deflector 32, it is remagnetized by that field at the same time that it is being deflected thereby. It is not accurate to use the terms "selected" and "magnetized" interchangeably, however, because a droplet once selected remains "selected", irrespective of what may happen to its remanent magnetism while it traverses the distances between successive magnetic fields. Conceivably a selected droplet may be devoid of remanent magnetism when it is outside of any magnetic field. It should be noted also that an unselected droplet may become at least temporarily magnetized while passing through the Y deflecting field, and conceivably it may retain such magnetism at least for a time while traveling toward the catcher 16. Thus, selected droplets are not necessarily magnetized at all points of their travel between the selector 20 and the paper 18, nor are unselected droplets unmagnetized at all points of their travel between the selector 20 and the catcher 16. The distinction resides solely in the choice of divergent courses 22 and 24 into which each droplet may be directed by the selector 20.
In the present embodiment both the selector 20 and the Y deflector 30 have pole faces disposed in converging planes to define a wedge-shaped air gap in each instance. As explained in the aforesaid Fan U.S. Pat. No. 3,805,272, this type of pole construction causes a gradient magnetic field to be produced in the air gap between pole faces, the configuration of the magnetic field lines being indicated (in the case of the deflector 30) by the curves drawn in FIG. 3. Both the selected droplets 28 and the unselected droplets 26 enter this gap and are deflected upwardly in directions normal to the field lines therein when the electromagnet is energized. In the case of the deflector 30 the amount of deflection varies with the current in the winding. In the case of the selector 20, the amount of deflection is the same for all deflected droplets and is zero for unselected droplets. The slanted pole faces are separated by a substantial clearance opening even at their closest points (FIG. 3) so that a droplet may be deflected past these points without striking the pole structure.
Upon leaving the first deflector 30, each droplet will be traveling at the desired angle upwardly from the path which it initially had when it entered the field of this deflector. This chosen amount of Y deflection will place each selected droplet at the desired vertical coordinate on the paper 18 when it impinges that surface. It remains, however, to impart the proper amount of horizontal or rightward deflection to each selected droplet so that it also will impinge the surface 18 at the desired horizontal coordinate thereon. This is the function of the X deflector 32. Unselected droplets are not given any signficant X deflection and are captured by the gutter 16.
Referring now to FIGS. 2 and 4, selected droplets 28 which have been directed along a course having the horizontal angular position denoted by the line 24 will pass through a part of the magnetic deflecting field generated by the X deflector 32 which is much stronger than the weak outer fringe portion of this magnetic field through which unselected droplets 26 traveling along the divergent course 22 will pass. The pole structure of the X deflector 32 is so designed that even with maximum exciting current in the coil or winding of deflector 32, there will be no significant deflection unselected droplets 26 in the X direction.
The pole faces 34 and 36 are parallel with the path 24 of the selected droplets, and they establish a magnetic field whose lines of force likewise extend generally parallel with this path and are concentrated near the plane in which the pole faces 34 and 36 lie. The excitation current intensity is varied in accordance with the amount of angular deflection which must be given to each selected droplet 26 in order to accomplish the desired vector printing function. As shown by the graph of deflection-versus-current in FIG. 5, the deflection along the X axis varies linearly with the current. On the other hand, as shown by FIG. 6, the deflection will vary inversely and nonlinearly with the distance between a pole face and a droplet which is passing by it, so that even a strong current will not cause significant deflection of a droplet that has been diverted a relatively short distance away from the pole structure 34, 36, as in the case of the unselected droplets 26, FIGS. 2 and 4.
Inasmuch as the unselected droplets 26 are given no significant deflection in the X direction by the second deflector 32, the catcher 16, FIGS. 1 and 2, may have a relatively narrow dimension in the X direction to correspond with the very slight spread of unselected droplet trajectories in that direction. Moreover, since the catcher 16 is located relatively close to the recording surface 18, it does not disrupt the stabilizing aerodynamic interaction between the jet streams of unselected and selected droplets until each selected droplet as almost reached the end of its travel, by which time it no longer needs further stabilization to find its correct target point. The magnetic field produced by the X deflector 32 has a sufficient spread along the Y axis to exert uniform X deflecting forces upon pg,15 selected droplets 28 for any given current value regardless of the displacements respectively imparted to such droplets along the Y axis by the Y deflector 30.
The illustrated apparatus is designed to print one character at a time upon the recording surface 18, and the appropriate relative motions are produced between the surface 18 and the printing apparatus to arrange the printed characters at selected positions in successive lines. If it is desired to print a whole line of characters at a time, the character printing apparatus can be modified to accomplish this. The first deflector 30 would be oriented so that it deflects the droplets in the X direction, and the second deflector 32 would be oriented to deflect selected droplets in the Y direction without imparting any significant Y deflections to unselected droplets. This would make it feasible to use a gutter that extends parallel with the printed line in a position above or below it, and the nozzle which emits the droplets then is aimed at such a gutter. In a line printer the character printers may be arranged in staggered relationship in two rows, one row of printers using a gutter positioned above the printed line while the other row uses a gutter below this line.
While the invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to a preferred embodiment thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing and other changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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