Patent · US Expired

Print engine including an air pump

US6347864B1 · kind B1 · utility

125Cited by

3References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · AU

Inventors

Kia Silverbrook · Sydney, AU
Tobin Allen King · Sydney, AU
Garry Raymond Jackson · Sydney, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 30, 2000
Grant date	Feb 19, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 26, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J29/38
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pump assembly for a print engine, where the print engine has a printhead employing a fluid cleaning arrangement, includes a housing defining a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. An impeller is arranged within the housing for drawing fluid through the inlet and ejecting it through the outlet. A drive motor rotatably drives the impeller. The drive motor is also the drive motor of the print engine, which controls feeding of print media to the printhead for printing of an image on the print media.

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