System and method for attenuating the drying of ink from a printhead during periods of printer inactivity

    公开(公告)号:US10717284B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-21

    申请号:US16367695

    申请日:2019-03-28

    Abstract: A capping station is configured for storing printheads during printer inactivity to preserve the viscosity of the ink in the nozzles of the printheads. Each capping station has a receptacle, a planar member having a shaft that moves bidirectionally within an opening in a floor of the receptacle, a source of cleaning fluid, and a vacuum source. A controller is operatively connected to actuators to move the receptacle so a seal on an upper wall of the receptacle engages a printhead housing and to move the planar member within the receptacle. The controller also operates a pump to move cleaning fluid through the receptacle and to operate the vacuum source to pull ink from the nozzles of a printhead to the faceplate of the printhead. The planar member is moved proximate the faceplate so the ink forms a film that preserves the viscosity of the ink in the nozzles.

    ELASTOMER IMPREGNATED FIBER COOLER BELT

    公开(公告)号:US20230131547A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US17510521

    申请日:2021-10-26

    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a substrate cooling unit for use with a duplex aqueous ink jet image forming device. The substrate cooling unit including a first cooling roll. a first transport belt, a second cooling roll positioned downstream of the first cooling roll in a process direction and a second transport belt. The first and second transports belts include a bottom layer of a fiber mesh impregnated with a polydimethylsiloxane, where the fiber mesh is selected from cotton, polyester, and nylon. The first and second transport belts include an optional intermediate adhesive layer and an optional top layer of silicone having an extractable level of less than 4 percent. The substrate cooling unit includes an invertor.

    Apparatus for collecting waste material in a large-scale ink-jet printer
    4.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for collecting waste material in a large-scale ink-jet printer 有权
    用于在大型喷墨打印机中收集废料的设备

    公开(公告)号:US09517882B1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-13

    申请号:US15164023

    申请日:2016-05-25

    CPC classification number: B65F1/12 B41J2/16523 B41J2/16585 B41J2/1721

    Abstract: In a large-scale ink-jet printer with multiple rows of printheads, an apparatus collects waste material such as paper particles and excess ink. A set of trays is stacked vertically to correspond to the rows of printheads. Each tray includes a drain valve therein. The trays are mounted on a rack that is slidably mounted on a bracket. When the rack is lowered to a drain position on the bracket, a linkage on the rack engages a surface within the printer, such as on the bracket, and the linkage is pushed upward to open the valve associated with each tray. The opened valves cause the trays to drain out their waste material, ultimately to a collection container.

    Abstract translation: 在具有多行打印头的大型喷墨打印机中,设备收集诸如纸颗粒和多余油墨的废料。 一组托盘垂直堆叠以对应于打印头行。 每个托盘包括排水阀。 托盘安装在可滑动地安装在支架上的机架上。 当机架降低到支架上的排水位置时,机架上的连杆机构与打印机内的表面(如支架)接合,并将连杆机构向上推,打开与每个托盘相关的阀门。 打开的阀门使托盘排出废物,最终排出收集容器。

    Elastomer impregnated fiber cooler belt

    公开(公告)号:US12059892B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-13

    申请号:US17510521

    申请日:2021-10-26

    CPC classification number: B41J13/08 B41J29/377

    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a substrate cooling unit for use with a duplex aqueous ink jet image forming device. The substrate cooling unit including a first cooling roll. a first transport belt, a second cooling roll positioned downstream of the first cooling roll in a process direction and a second transport belt. The first and second transports belts include a bottom layer of a fiber mesh impregnated with a polydimethylsiloxane, where the fiber mesh is selected from cotton, polyester, and nylon. The first and second transport belts include an optional intermediate adhesive layer and an optional top layer of silicone having an extractable level of less than 4 percent. The substrate cooling unit includes an invertor.

    Non-leaching cooler belt
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11724531B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-15

    申请号:US17352927

    申请日:2021-06-21

    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a substrate cooling unit for use with a duplex aqueous ink jet image forming device. The substrate cooling unit includes a first transport belt that is in contact with a portion of an outer surface of the first cooling roll to substantially sandwich individual sheets of image receiving media between a first cooling roll and the first transport belt. The substrate cooling unit includes a second cooling roll positioned downstream of the first cooling roll in a process direction and a second transport belt that is in contact with a portion of an outer surface of the second cooling roll to substantially sandwich the individual sheets of image receiving media between the second cooling roll and the second transport belt. The second transport belt includes a bottom layer of woven or non-woven fibers and a top rubber layer.

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