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Method for cleaning an ink jet print head

US6193352A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 1998
Grant dateFeb 27, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 3, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/16552
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for cleaning an ink jet print head nozzle plate having an anti-wetting layer formed thereon, wherein an aqueous solution of a metal salt of a taurine surfactant is applied to the nozzle plate and then removed.

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