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It's topsy-turvy politics, alright. Dems portraying themselves as angels delivering middle class tax cuts; Republicans casting themselves as saviors of social insurance. Election politics swirling around Social Security could get really interesting, as this recent press coverage suggests. Eric Kingson, co-director of the advocacy group Social Security Works, told Hiltzik: "You're risking long-term economic security for a short term economic gain, however important that is. We hope people understand that." They might if there's more reporting like we saw last week.
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Actually, the Social Security Payroll Tax should be around 3.5% of pay (total pay). That is the Entry Age Normal Cost under The Entry Age Normal Cost Actuarial Cost Method, when this methodology is used to advance fund the system, by doing a real annul defined benefit pension valuation--with common stocks being the key asset class.
The Initial Unfunded Past Service Liability still needs to be paid off--just as mortgages are--but this is done through the General Account so that current workers do not pay for past workers as well as themselves.
I estimate that overall we need to put about 50 billion dollars more over the next 40 years to do that and every dollar can be invested in stocks (of various kinds).
Here is more detail.
If you try and fix a major financial problem that has been around a long time, you should first make sure you are not using an accounting system that helped cause The 1929 Stock Market Crash--cash accounting--and use one that replaced it everywhere but in our governments--accrual accounting--and also make sure you do not listen to so-called 'experts'--actuaries whose main interest in these areas is to not fix these systems so they can sell way overpriced products.
The right way to fix Social Security and Medicare will also fix our economy, big time and quickly and in the long run, also fix Capitalism itself, by having ordinary people own a significant amount of stock, collectively, not individually.
Here is the way to fix these systems, beginning with Social Security.
Au contraire, my friends---to keep Social Security alive you must look at the way it is financed. The financial problems have nothing to do with the benefits, which are meager at best. Pay-As-You-Go gets far too little investment returns to help pay the promised benefits and, in addition, is highly unstable.
It is easy to prove the former--any actuary can easily do it, but I am the only one talking. Actuaries have enormous conflicts of interest and have never successfully dealt with them.
We need to replace PayGo with Actuarial Advance Funding, done with an annual pension actuarial valuation and also pass strong laws with teeth to protect the assets, and define correctly how benefits accrue and then prevent any cut backs in those past service accrued benefits.
I have done hundreds of pension actuarial valuations and seen the results of thousands of others and can vouch they work exactly as advertised in sharply reducing costs and in stabilizing pension systems.
As far as the laws are concerned you can Google me--Andy Lang actuary--and find two letters I sent, one to the IRS on the absurd way benefits presently accrue, whose values are heavily backloaded-- a trillion dollar scandal, few know about and even fewer understand---and how you fix it, and a second one to the NLRN on why taking assets from pension plans weakens them enormously, usually leading to their termination.
PS: I am a 72 yr old actuary, who unlike my fellow actuaries, speaks the truth.
When it comes to fixing Social Security and Medicare, this truth is that actuaries invented the right way to fund these systems way back in 1915 with the very first independent pension consulting actuary--a man need George Buck---and the roots of this methodology goes all the way back to 1762 in Britain, nearly two and half centuries ago before we were even a nation.
When you can forecast cash payouts in the future that increase exponentially and need to be made, the solution is to forecast them realistically, present value them, using an interest rate that can be earned on the fund long-term and then spread this present value in the future as either a level dollar amount or a level % of pay, or both, and this simultaneously levels the cost while also reducing it.
The reduction is very large and comes from what I used to call, 'the miracle of compound interest' and what Einstein once said, is 'the most powerful force in the universe'.
I have been saying this for 47 years now, since 1964 when I took a test on the subject and first learned we were not funding Social Security correctly and it would eventually collapse, unless we did. The following year when Medicare was passed I said it too needed to be advance funded to be successful.
You may contact me here, email@example.com.
The nation uses an awful accounting system called 'case accounting', a system that was a principal cause of the 1929 stock market crash.
It was replaced in 1934 for all public firms by accrual accounting and this system would also be used by many large non-profits voluntarily ask well.
When trying to figure out why we have never fixed Social Security or Medicare, despite knowing exactly how to do it for 95 years, it would help if we used a sound accounting system.
How can you possibly fix a major financial problem when you do not have decent financial information?
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Spice, also known as K2, contains plant materials coated with dangerous psychoactive compounds that mimic THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, according to federal authorities.
He said his client is losing about $10,000 a day.
On Thursday, Gov. Maggie Hassan declared a State of Emergency, triggering the state Department of Health and Human Services' public health powers to investigate, isolate or quarantine and destroy the "Bubblegum Flavor" of "Smacked!" It remains in effect for 21 days.
A hearing is slated for Monday in Hillsborough County Superior Court, Northern District.
Willard declined to comment on the court challenge, pointing out it was the city clerk's office that pulled the stores' business licenses.
And Willard said that on Thursday, for the first time, someone overdosed on pineapple-flavored "Smacked!"
The manner in which it was being sold, Willard said, leads investigators to suspect store owners knew the product was not legitimate.
"What we're hearing from our front-line providers is this product causes severe altered metal status and often seizures," she said.
Willard said one man was in a park, down on the ground on all fours, shoveling dirt and grass into his mouth. While officers were talking to him, he lurched forward suddenly and became unconscious. An ambulance immediately was called.
Willard also said they believe the overdoses were directly related to the amount ingested. He conceded the overdoses could also have resulted from combining it with other drugs or alcohol.
"So far we have no data showing anything abnormal or unusual...," Montero said.
The public health division has sent out information to clinicians describing the symptoms and treatments of adverse reactions, Montero said.
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- 28 Nov 2014:4K TVs have been available for several years now, but shipments in 2014 have significantly accelerated due to broader competition and more accessible price points activating new consumer groups.
- Apple has updated its support document detailing 4K displays with Mac support to add LG's recently announced 31-inch 4K monitor (31MU97).
- So to help you make a more informed decision, especially given that this has been a far from vintage year for TV quality generally, here's my list of the 10 best TVs (five 4K, five HD) I've tested in 2014.
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- The Quintic Wearable & BTLE team of approximately 65 world class engineers located in China (Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai) and Sunnyvale, CA, and its leadership is expected to join NXP at close of this transaction which is targeted for Q1 2015.
- 25 Nov 2014:South Korea's Samsung Electronics has secured a licence to invest US$3 billion to expand its production in northern Vietnam, the Vietnamese government said.
- Samsung Electronics spent KRW1.38 trillion (US$1.2 billion) in patent fees in the nine months to September, the most in four years, the company said.
- For the solar and wind industries in the United States, it has been a long-held dream: to produce energy at a cost equal to conventional sources like coal and natural gas.
- Here, instead of Jamba Juice you get Joshua trees. The only living things you might bump into are bighorn sheep and cottontail rabbits, and, once the sun sets, every star in the sky pops with laser clarity.
- Prices for 4K monitors have dropped below $500, bringing them within the reach of cost-conscious buyers looking to replace 1080p displays.
- I recently spent a month with two of AOC's latest models: a 24-incher with NVIDIA G-Sync support for serious gaming, and a 4K 28-inch display that puts a premium on pixels. Could either one convince me to let go of my trusty Viewsonic?
- Apple packed the biggest display it's ever made onto the iPhone 6 Plus, and while its 1920?1080 resolution is great for streaming 1080p videos, it turns out that Apple also secretly added 4K video support without telling anyone.
- OLED displays and smart-phone/tablet screens are going to see "spectacular" growth rates over the next few years according to a stud from Infiniti Research/TechNavio. The analyst firm say that the global OLED display market will grow at a CAGR of 36.7% in the period to 2018.
- A review of Apple's recent job listings suggests Universal Display's long-term future might include spots inside Apple's iDevices.
- RF Micro Devices (RFMD) and TriQuint Semiconductor have set Wednesday, December 31, 2014, as the anticipated closing date for the transaction.
- Xilinx and NXP collaborate to reduce capex and opex costs of wireless infrastructure radios (Nov 19) - Company releaseXilinx and NXP have announced their collaboration to reduce capex and opex costs of wireless infrastructure radios.
- Marvell's ARMADA Mobile PXA1802 5-mode 4G LTE modem is at the core of Meizu's flagship MX4 Pro Premium smartphone, now available for more than one billion of combined subscribers of China Mobile and China Unicom.
- Japan, which once looked like a world leader as it pushed its Home Energy Management System (HEMS) and the smart home standard, is now trying to get her groove back via the Internet of Things.
- 24 Nov 2014:Samsung Electronics is considering a major leadership shake-up, according to people familiar with the matter, part of an attempt to revive its fortunes after a difficult year that has hurt its profitability, market share and stock price.
- 23 Nov 2014:Qualcomm, which uses processor technology licensed from ARM, follows a handful of other ARM chip suppliers that are trying to offer server chips.
- Qualcomm said it is holding "difficult discussions" with Chinese authorities as the world's largest maker of mobile-phone chips tries to resolve an investigation that's hurting the collection of licensing revenue.
- Nokia is launching an Android-powered tablet, marking the Finnish company's return to consumer electronics. The surprise launch pits the firm against Microsoft, which completed its takeover of Nokia's previous mobile-devices business in April.
- 21 Nov 2014:According to Qualcomm, who builds many of today's key technologies in mobile, 4K smartphones are just around the corner, and they'll take pixel counts to an - arguably absurd - new level.
- It's not an easy time to be shopping for a new TV. Do you want that crisp 4K resolution, or a gorgeous new OLED display?
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- Tablet shipments expected to decline 3.5% in 2015, says firm
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I need to rehome my cats as they don't get along with my dog and are spending way too much time outside. Tigger, is 18 months old, ginger tom and he's chipped and snipped. Stampy, is about 8 months old, long haired ginger tom, NOT neutered. Pheo
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"I made these last night and they are WONDERFUL!! I went to the Weight Watchers website and I figured these as 6 points per serving (Serves 4 - two fajitas each). This does not include, cheese, sour cream or any sides."
Serving Size: 1 (293 g)
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"I will definitely make these again. I added some lime juice to the marinade and cooked the meat and veggies in a skillet, but they were still delicious."
"Really good, despite cutting down the marinating time. Too cold to grill, so I cooked this in a skillet. I will make again and next time, I will plan ahead!"
"We really enjoyed these. I grilled them as posted. The veggies are on the chunky side so I just cut them down a bit. This makes a lot. I cut the recipe in half and it made enough for 4 people because trying to eat two of these fajitas is just too much. I used the leftover marinade to baste the food while it was grilling. Served a droplet of sour cream and some salsa on top and it was good to go. Served recipe #304459 as a side dish. Made for Spring PAC 2010. Thanks for posting. :)"


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PITTSBORO – Clemmie Ella Crew, 105, died Saturday, March 29, 2014, at Bruce Living Center. She was born Feb. 7, 1909, in Calhoun County the daughter of James H. Cook and Alice Armanda Davis Cook. She was a housewife and member of Westside Baptist Church. Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, at Pryor […]
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An apparatus and method for degassing liquid ink utilizes microwaves. An ink degassing unit includes a microwave heater that heats the liquid ink in an ink line passing through the microwave heater. The liquid ink is heated to supersaturate the ink with air and a vacuum chamber of the ink degassing unit is disposed along the ink line and evacuates the ink to pull the air out of the ink. A control system selectively couples the ink degassing unit onto one or more of a plurality of ink supply lines so that only supply lines of ink currently being used for printing are degassed. The control system selectively diverts at least one ink supply line connected to a printhead through the ink degassing unit.
1. A microwave degassing unit, comprising:
a microwave heater that heats ink in an ink line passing through the microwave heater with microwaves to supersaturate the ink with air; and
a vacuum chamber disposed alone the ink line that evacuates the ink to pull the air out of the ink.
2. The microwave degassing unit of claim 1, wherein the unit is provided in an ink handling system of a printer.
3. The microwave degassing unit of claim 2, wherein the printer is an ink jet printer.
4. An ink handling system, comprising:
an ink source;
at least one ink supply line connected to said ink source; and
a microwave ink degassing unit disposed along the at least one ink supply line.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the microwave ink degassing unit comprises a microwave dryer and a vacuum chamber.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein the microwave degassing unit uses a match load of the microwave dryer.
7. The system of claim 4, wherein the system is provided in a printer and the at least one ink supply line is connected to a printhead.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein the printer is a thermal ink jet printer.
9. The system of claim 7, wherein the printer is a multi-color printer having a plurality of ink supply lines, each for a different colored ink.
10. The system of claim 9, further comprising a control system that selectively couples the ink degassing unit onto one or more of the plurality of ink supply lines so that only supply lines of colored ink being currently utilized for printing are degassed.
11. The system of claim 4, further comprising a control system that selectively diverts the at least one ink supply line through the ink degassing unit.
12. The system of claim 4, further comprising a control system that selectively couples the ink degassing unit onto one or more of the at least one ink supply line.
13. A method of degassing ink, comprising:
heating the ink with microwaves to supersaturate the ink with air; and
evacuating the ink to pull the air out of the ink.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the heating and evacuating are performed in an ink handling system of a printer.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the printer is a thermal ink jet printer.
16. A method of degassing ink for use in a printer, comprising:
selectively diverting at least one ink supply line connected to a printhead through an ink degassing unit;
heating the ink within the diverted at least one ink supply line with microwaves to supersaturate the ink with air; and
evacuating the ink to pull the air out of the ink.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the printer is a multi-color printer having a plurality of ink supply lines, each for a different colored ink, and wherein only the ink supply lines of colored ink being used in a current print job are diverted through the ink degassing unit.
1. Field of Invention
This invention is related to degassing liquid ink. More particularly, this invention is directed to degassing liquid ink using microwaves.
2. Description of Related Art
Thermal ink jet printers have a plurality of thermal ink ejectors for ejecting ink onto a recording medium, such as, for example, paper. Each thermal ink ejector has a resistor to selectively vaporize ink near the nozzle of a capillary filled ink channel. The vaporized ink forms a bubble that temporarily expels an ink droplet and propels it toward the recording medium. However, air can be forced out of the ink when heating the ink. Air pockets collect in the channels, blocking refill and causing print defects.
Degassing the ink has been shown not only to prevent air pockets from forming, but in some cases, the degassed ink even reabsorbs existing pockets.
Degassing the ink at the manufacturing source causes ink handling and packaging problems. To maintain the ink in its degassed state, the ink must be packaged in air-tight packaging, which adds to the manufacturing cost and time. Also, previously tried methods of in-line degassing, such as ultrasonic degassers and thermal degassers, were either too slow, or too expensive, or both.
This present invention provides systems and methods for degassing liquid ink utilizing microwaves. The liquid ink is heated with microwaves to supersaturate the ink with air. The liquid ink is then evacuated to pull the air out of the liquid ink.
In one exemplary embodiment of the systems and methods of this invention, the liquid ink is heated using a microwave dryer and is then evacuated in a vacuum chamber. The systems and methods of this invention may be provided at the manufacturing source, but can also be provided in an ink handling system of a printer. That is, the ink line of the system is run through the microwave dryer and vacuum chamber. The printer may be, for example, an ink jet printer or any other type of printer in which degassing liquid ink is advantageous. The ink handling system may utilize the match load of a microwave dryer, where the microwave dryer is provided in the printer for drying a recording medium onto which the liquid ink has been ejected.
Various exemplary preferred embodiments of the systems and methods of this invention will be described in detail, with reference to the accompanying figures, in which:
FIG. 1 is a representation of an ink jet printer containing an exemplary embodiment of an ink degasser according to this invention;
FIG. 2 is a detailed diagram of the ink handling system including the exemplary embodiment of the degasser according to this invention;
FIG. 3 is a representation of another ink jet printer including the exemplary embodiment of the degasser according to this invention;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a microwave dryer for use in a printer of the type shown in FIG. 3; and
FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of the microwave dryer of FIG. 4.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an ink jet printer 10. A recording medium 14 is loaded into a paper tray 50, which is inserted into a printer case 20. The recording medium moves past a thermal print head or printbar 210, which jets ink onto the recording medium in response to signals from the controller 30 via a ribbon connector 32. The ink jet printer 10 shown in FIG. 1 is a pagewidth-type printer. It should be appreciated that the ink degasser of this invention can also be incorporated into a carriage-type printer, or any other known or later developed type of printer, plotter or system in which ink degassing would be advantageous.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of an ink handling system 100 according to this invention for a ink jet printer. Ink is stored in an ink supply 160, which is located above, i.e., at a higher level than the position of the printbar 210. A diaphragm valve 120 controls the amount of ink flowing from the ink supply 160 to a valving connector 300. A vacuum pump 110 is connected directly to the valving connector 300. Ink is added and removed from the printbar 210 using the valving connector 300.
The ink handling system 100 delivers ink to the printbar 210 on demand. The ink handling system 100 could include a customer replaceable ink supply (not shown) and a spillage drain (not shown) for the printbar manifold 220 to aid a technician when replacing the printbar 210. Ink flow is initiated and maintained by the ink jet capillary forces, atmospheric pressure and gravity. The ink handling system 100 is duplicated for each color of a multi-color printing device.
The ink supply 160 contains ink 40, and includes a dispensing cap 162 that is connected to the ink supply 160. Because the ink 40 is degassed by the ink handling system 100, as will be discussed later, it is not necessary that the ink 40 in the ink supply 160 be degassed at the manufacturing source, or that the ink supply 160 necessarily have low permeability to moisture and air. The dispensing cap 162 contains a soft rubber septum 164, which provides an airtight seal that can be punctured with a needle 152 for easy ink removal. The septum 164 reseals itself after the needle 152 is removed to prevent the ink from spilling from the ink supply 160. The septum 164 can have, for example, a teflon layer (not shown) for low permeability to control the ink level.
The needle assembly 170 has a fixed needle 152 encased in a plastic column 150. The hollow needle 152 is sized for minimal pressure drop and has a side needle inlet 154. The combination of a side needle inlet 154 and a rounded tip prevents coring of the soft rubber septum 164, which is part of the ink bag 160. An elastomer valve 156 has a molded inner diameter optimized for minimum friction on the needle. A spring 158 positions the elastomer valve 156 to cover the needle inlet 154 when the ink bag is removed and/or replaced.
The ink supply 160 is located at a higher elevation than the printbar 210 so that the ink 40 flows toward the ink jet printer 210 via gravity. However, the printbar 210 will weep unless it has a slightly negative pressure at the printhead. Therefore, the ink line 118 is attached between the elastomer valve 156 and a diaphragm valve 120, which regulates the ink supplied to the manifold based on the pressure in the printbar.
However, it should be appreciated that any known or later developed ink supply apparatus may be attached to the ink supply line 118. That is, the specifics of the ink supply apparatus disclosed herein are not critical to the invention and may be modified and/or substitute with any known or later developed ink supply apparatus as desired by the designer or user of the particular system.
The diaphragm valve 120 provides a shut-off for the ink handling system and provides the necessary negative pressure when the printbar 210 is not in use. During printing, negative pressure produced by firing the jets creates a pressure differential across the diaphragm actuating the diaphragm valve 120 to initiate the flow of ink.
An ink line 116 connects the diaphragm valve 120 to a filter 140. The filter 140 is sized for low impedance and to prevent particles above 10 μm in size from entering the printbar manifold 220.
An ink line 114 connects the filter 140 to a microwave degassing unit 400 according to this invention. The microwave degassing unit 400 includes both a microwave dryer, which degasses the ink 40 using microwaves, and a vacuum chamber, which evacuates the ink 40. Inks specially formulated to be heated by microwaves arc known and preferred. Further, the dryer is configured such that the electrical field produced by the microwaves heat the ink 40 without damaging the ink 40.
An ink line 115 connects the microwave degassing unit 400 to a valving connector 300. The valving connector 300 provides a shut off for the ink handling system during printbar installation or removal. The valving connector 300 has three inlet lines, an air connector 312, a vacuum connector 314, and an ink connector 316. A vacuum pump 110 creates a vacuum in a vacuum line 112 which is connected to the vacuum connector 314. The vacuum allows the ink 40 to be purged from the printbar manifold 220 before the printbar 210 is removed. The valving connector 300 is connected directly to the printbar manifold 220. A controller connector 214 receives signals from a controller (not shown) to control firing the ink jets 216. In the printbar manifold 220, the level of the ink 40 remains constant during normal printing operations.
Because the ink supply 160 is located at a higher elevation than the printbar 210, the ink 40 flows toward the printbar 210 via gravity through ink line 118 to the diaphragm valve 120. The ink 40 flows from the diaphragm valve 120 through the ink line 116 toward the filter 140. The filter 140 filters out particles above 10 μm in size.
The filtered ink 40 then flows through the ink line 114 toward the microwave degassing unit 400. The microwave dryer heats the ink 40 so that it becomes supersaturated with air. The vacuum placed on the ink 40 in the vacuum chamber pulls the air out of the ink 40. The degassed ink 40 then flows through the ink line 115 through the valving connector 300 to the printbar 210.
FIG. 3 illustrates another exemplary ink jet printer 500. In the printer 500 shown in FIG. 3, the matched load of a microwave dryer, which is provided in the printer 500 for drying a recording medium onto which the ink 40 is ejected, is used to degass the ink 40 prior to ejection onto a recording medium.
The ink jet printer 500 shown in FIG. 3 includes a vacuum feed 512, which feeds the recording medium to the print transport 514. A printhead 516 deposits the ink 40 on the recording medium and may comprise a plurality of print heads. The recording medium is then transported into a waveguide microwave dryer 518, where the drying process occurs. After the ink 40 is dried, the recording medium is fed to a post dryer transporter 520 and then exits via offset rollers 522. The precise configuration of the printer is not critical to the microwave degassing systems and methods according to this invention, which are directed to degassing the ink prior to its ejection by the printhead onto the recording medium.
FIG. 4 shows an example of a microwave dryer 518. The microwave dryer 518 comprises a traveling wave resonator (not shown) which enhances the field intensity to which the paper is exposed. By using the traveling wave resonator, the electric field intensity sufficient to dry ink effectively is possible with a relatively low power (less than 1.5 kW) magnetron. In addition, because traveling waves are used, uniformity of heating is much better than if standing waves are used and the applicator is not greatly affected by differences in the load or the paper and the amount of ink coverage.
The paper transport mechanism 530 moves paper through the microwave dryer 518 by a belt, or a plurality of belts, carried by the rollers 534. The microwave dryer 518 includes a microwave generator 540 for generating microwaves. The microwave generator 540 includes a 2455 MHz fixed-frequency magnetron and a magnetron power supply, as is understood by one skilled in the art. Such magnetrons are commonly used in household microwave oven applications and are available from several manufacturers at low cost. A magnetron generator with a power in the range of approximately 500-1500 watts is preferably used to generate the microwaves.
The microwave generator 540 is connected to a waveguide launcher 542. The waveguide launcher 542 is a mount for the magnetron that allows the magnetron to radiate efficiently into a waveguide. The waveguide launcher 542 includes a transition section 543. The transition section 543 connects the output of the launcher 542 to a circulator 544 having a first port 546, a second port 548 and a third port or main waveguide feed 550. The second port 548 is coupled to a matched load 552.
The circulator 544 is used to ensure stable operation of the magnetron under the operating conditions. The circulator 544 is preferably a non-reciprocal fertile device that allows power to flow from the microwave generator 540 to a microwave applicator. The matched load 552 absorbs reflected power to protect the magnetron 540 from damage. The matched load 552 includes a tuning screw (not shown) to permit fine tuning of the circuit to have a termination Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) of less than 1.02.
A branch guide directional coupler 560 is connected to the main waveguide feed 550. The directional coupler 560 comprises a main waveguide 562. The main waveguide 562 has a first arm 572. A matching termination or matched load 580 is coupled to the first arm 572 to terminate the first arm 572. The structure and operation of the microwave dryer 518 is fully described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,410,283, 5,422,463 and 5,631,685, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. As the actual structure and operation of the microwave dryer, except as outlined herein, provides no part of this invention, a further description of the structure and operation of the microwave dryer is omitted. It should further be appreciated that any other known or later developed microwave dryer, so long as it uses a matched load or the equivalent and/or has waste microwave energy available, can be used in place of the microwave dryer 518.
As shown in FIG. 5, an ink line 519 of the printhead 516 is diverted to the microwave dryer 518. An extra microwave dryer wave guide 525 is coupled to the matching termination 580. The microwaves energy adsorbed by the ink is thus the left-over microwaves that would be wasted at the matched load 580. Therefore, less energy is needed to cool the matched load.
A control unit 526 selectively diverts the ink line 519 or portions of the ink line 519 into the wave guide 525 and removes the ink line 519 from the waveguide 525. For example, in a multiple color ink jet printer, when only selected colored inks are being used to form an image at any particular time, the control unit 526 selectively diverts only those portions of the ink line 519 into the wave guide 525 containing the selected colored ink that is currently being consumed. This ensures that only the ink that is being utilized for printing is degassed on its way to the printhead.
Besides the known major improvements in jetting reliability with degassed ink, jetting hot ink has other advantages. That is, hot ink drys quicker, potentially aiding in print quality and the drying of small fonts. The microwaved ink would therefore dry more efficiently, and higher viscosity inks could be used, became the viscosity would be lowered by heating.
An experiment was conducted to verify the systems and methods according to this invention. An in-line degassing system would need to degas 40 ml/min of ink for ink flow rates of the printer utilized in the experiment. Tap water was used, which was saturated with 7.5 mg/l of O2. The oxygen levels were measured with a dissolved oxygen meter. An ultrasonic degasser was used to degas 40 ml of water for one minute. The ultrasonic degasser was the best system previously used for in-line degassing. After one minute, the dissolved oxygen level was only lowered to 5.5 mg/l. Then, 45 ml of tap water was microwaved for 40 seconds and then placed in a vacuum chamber for 18 seconds. A vacuum pressure of 12 inches of Hg was pulled in the chamber, which was comparable to the vacuum pulled in the ultrasonic degasser. The dissolved oxygen level was lowered from 7.7 mg/l to 2.7 mg/l. This clearly shows that microwave degassing reduces the dissolved oxygen level to acceptable levels in the required time.
While the invention has been described in conjunction with a specific embodiment, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications and variations may be apparent and predictable to those skilled in the art. In particular, the microwave degassing unit according to the invention can be used in any type of printer or system in which ink degassing would be advantageous, or can be used at the manufacturing source to degas the ink prior to packaging. Accordingly, the preferred embodiments as set forth herein are intended to be illustrative, not limiting. Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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We keep celebration the "Like A Virgin" album turning 30 years old today – and in pure MadonnaTribe style let's have a look at our Top Ten list of the most lovely LAV collectables.
We keep celebration the "Like A Virgin" album turning 30 years old today – and in pure MadonnaTribe style let's have a look at our Top Ten list of the most lovely LAV collectables.
When you think of "Like A Virgin" one of the most striking images that come to mind is the unique look created by the one and only Maripol, the famous art director, stylist, designer and photographer whose unique sense of style and classy yet innovative creations contributed in the making of the cultural myth Madonna is considered today. Maripol's signature rubber bangles, cross related jewelery, fashion tops, were responsable of the wannabe phenomenon that catapulted Madonna into the eye of the world. Today's fashion is still strongly inspired by many of her ideas and fashion statements. Also a great photographer...
When you think about Madonna and her major hits, one of the first songs to come to mind is "Like A Virgin". And even if it's hard to believe, year 2014, marks the 30th anniversary of this incredible song. MadonnaTribe first had the chance to celebrate a major "Virgin" anniversary ten years ago (yes, time flies!). Today we reprise the article we wrote in November 2004, updating it to year 2014 to make it feel shiny and new. Click the image below – and celebrate!
Back in 2006 MadonnaTribe had the chance to meet Billy Steinberg and ask him about his signature Madonna song and about other timeless compositions he wrote for the likes of Cyndi Lauper, The Bangles and Mel C among others. Eight years later, as "Like A Virgin" turns 30 years old, we got in touch with Billy again and talked about what has happened in the recent years, more "Virgin" covers, and his latest works. Follow us through this interview with Billy, to discover the qualities a song must have to stay "shiny and new" through three decades.
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IBM has expanded its cloud offerings for the federal government, announcing June 11 the availability of cloud data centers with SoftLayer security features.
The first center, in Dallas, will be online this month; the second center in Ashburn., Va., will come online by fall.
The SoftLayer infrastructure provides greater control and security of data for the federal government, IBM said in a statement. IBM is in the process of completing both FedRAMP and FISMA certification for the two centers.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has rolled out an app that can show the power plants and other critical energy infrastructure that could be in the path of oncoming hurricanes this summer and fall.
The DOE component unveiled the mobile app that overlays its energy mapping information on its U.S. Energy Mapping System, and its Energy Disruptions web page with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's real-time storm feeds. Users can track the status of power plant, oil refineries, major electric transmission lines and other critical energy infrastructure from their mobile devices. The agency announced the app days after the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season on June 1.
EIA's interactive Energy Disruptions webpage combines real-time data feeds from NOAA's National Hurricane Center that track storm intensity and projected paths, with more than 40 map layers that show the location of U.S. energy infrastructure.
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