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Printer with foaming system for cleaning ejecting face

US8100517B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · AU

Inventors

Vesa Karppinen · Sydney, AU
Kia Silverbrook · Sydney, AU
John Douglas Peter Morgan · Sydney, AU
David John Worboys · Chatswood, AU
Patrick John McAuliffe · Parramatta, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 7, 2010
Grant date	Jan 24, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 7, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J2/1707
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An inkjet printer that has a printhead with an ink ejection face, an ink supply system for supplying ink to the printhead and a foaming system for generating a liquid foam on the ejection face. The liquid foam is a matrix of liquid membranes forming randomly-packed Voronoi polyhedra.

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