Appeal No. 2002-1223
Application 09/435,455
The subject matter on appeal relates to a method for
generating a stream of liquid metal droplets for deposition on at
least a portion of a stationary substrate. The method comprises
producing a continuous stream of liquid metal droplets and
selectively directing said stream of liquid metal droplets using
a raster scanning process and catching at least some of the
liquid metal droplets for preventing them from contacting the
stationary substrate. This appealed subject matter is adequately
illustrated by independent claims 1 and 10, which read as
follows:
1. A method for generating a stream of liquid metal
droplets for deposition on at least a portion of a stationary
substrate comprising:
producing a continuous stream of liquid metal droplets; and
selectively directing said stream of liquid metal droplets in one
dimension of a first dimension, a second dimension, and
a combination of a first dimension and a second
dimension using a raster scanning process comprising:
electrically charging said liquid metal droplets;
deflecting at least a portion of said electrically
charged liquid metal droplets in said one
dimension of a first dimension, a second
dimension, and a combination of a first
dimension and a second dimension; and
2
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