Multiple axis printhead adjuster for non-contact fluid deposition devices

Non-contact fluid deposition devices having multiple axis printhead adjusters are provided. The subject printhead adjusters are made up of a single rigid frame that holds at least one printhead housing, where in certain embodiments multiple printhead housings, e.g., two, are held in side-by-side con...

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Hauptverfasser:	TELLA RICHARD P, DAQUINO LAWRENCE J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY BEER BIOCHEMISTRY CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS DERIVATIVES THEREOF ENZYMOLOGY FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES LIBRARIES, e.g. CHEMICAL LIBRARIES, IN SILICOLIBRARIES LINING MACHINES MEASURING MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS METALLURGY MICROBIOLOGY MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING NUCLEIC ACIDS NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL PHYSICS PRINTING PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS SPIRITS STAMPS SUGARS TESTING THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS TRANSPORTING TYPEWRITERS VINEGAR WINE
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Zusammenfassung:	Non-contact fluid deposition devices having multiple axis printhead adjusters are provided. The subject printhead adjusters are made up of a single rigid frame that holds at least one printhead housing, where in certain embodiments multiple printhead housings, e.g., two, are held in side-by-side configuration in the single rigid frame of the adjuster. Each housing is adjusted in said adjuster by its own set of axis adjustment elements, where the set includes a rotational axis adjustment element for each horizontal and/or vertical axis adjustment element that is present. In using the subject devices, a printhead present in the adjuster is loaded with a volume of fluid, which in many embodiments is a fluid that includes a biopolymer or precursor thereof. The loaded printhead is then placed in opposing relation to a surface of a substrate and actuated to deposit a volume of fluid on the substrate. Prior to fluid loading and/or deposition, the printhead is typically adjusted with the set of axis adjustment elements. The subject invention finds use in a variety of applications, including the production of biopolymeric arrays.