Trough support ribs

US7717634B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Lexmark International, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Stephen Budelsky · Louisville, US
• David Wayne DeVore · Richmond, US
• Derick Matthew Foley · Lexington, US
• John Phillip Logan · Winchester, US
• Michael Anthony Marra, III · Lexington, US
• David Murray · Lexington, US
• Mark Arthur Rufi · Lexington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 11, 2006
• Grant date: May 18, 2010
• Expiry date: Apr 11, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J11/06
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A trough support rib for improved edge-to-edge printing having a media feedpath extending in a first direction, a printhead reciprocally movable in a second direction, the second direction defining a print zone, an ink trough, at least one support rib beneath the print zone within the ink trough, the at least one support rib having an upper angled edge for engaging print media defined by two beveled surfaces, the rib further including a notch for removal of overspray ink to the ink trough.