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Printhead maintenance system comprising face flooding system and ink transport assembly

US7467846B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · AU

Inventors

Vesa Karppinen · Sydney, AU
Jonathan Mark Bulman · Sydney, AU
Kia Silverbrook · Sydney, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 10, 2006
Grant date	Dec 23, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 27, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J2/16585
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printhead maintenance system for maintaining a printhead in an operable condition is provided. The maintenance system comprises: (a) a printhead having an ink ejection face; (b) an ink supply system comprising a face flooding system for flooding ink from the printhead onto the face; and (c) an ink transport assembly comprising: a transfer surface for receiving flooded ink from the face and a transport mechanism for feeding the transfer surface through a transfer zone and away from the printhead. The transfer zone is adjacent to and spaced apart from the face.

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