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Printed ink curing

US9333768B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 22, 2012
Grant dateMay 10, 2016
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J11/0015
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ink-jet printing system (10) includes a generator (20) for in situ generation of a component of an inert atmosphere (an atmosphere that is depleted of oxygen). The system also includes a curing zone (16) in which the generated component (for example nitrogen or carbon dioxide) is distributable over ink that had been deposited on a substrate (12), and in which the ink is exposable to a curing agent (for example UV radiation).

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