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Printhead maintenance facility with ink storage and driven vacuum drainage coupling

US7922279B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8References

11Claims

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Assignee

Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · AU

Inventors

Christopher Hibbard · Sydney, AU
Geoffrey Philip Dyer · Sydney, AU
Paul Ian Mackey · Sydney, AU
Makomo Tsubono · Sydney, AU
Attila Bertok · Sydney, AU
Kia Silverbrook · Sydney, AU
Nicholas Kenneth Abraham · Sydney, AU
David William Jensen · Sydney, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 25, 2008
Grant date	Apr 12, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 14, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J29/02
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A inkjet printhead maintenance facility that has an ink storage reservoir for holding ink ejected from the inkjet printhead during a maintenance operation and, an outlet coupling in fluid communication with the ink storage reservoir and configured for connection to a vacuum source to draw ink out of the ink storage reservoir.

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