ATE345934T1 - CLEANING A LIQUID JET DEVICE - Google Patents

CLEANING A LIQUID JET DEVICE

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Publication number
ATE345934T1
ATE345934T1 AT01304624T AT01304624T ATE345934T1 AT E345934 T1 ATE345934 T1 AT E345934T1 AT 01304624 T AT01304624 T AT 01304624T AT 01304624 T AT01304624 T AT 01304624T AT E345934 T1 ATE345934 T1 AT E345934T1
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Austria
Prior art keywords
liquid
exterior surface
cavity
orifice
chamber wall
Prior art date
Application number
AT01304624T
Other languages
German (de)
Inventor
Philip H Jackson
Original Assignee
Illinois Tool Works
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Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from US09/590,742 external-priority patent/US6406125B1/en
Application filed by Illinois Tool Works filed Critical Illinois Tool Works
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of ATE345934T1 publication Critical patent/ATE345934T1/en

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
    • B41J2/16517—Cleaning of print head nozzles
    • B41J2/16552—Cleaning of print head nozzles using cleaning fluids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
    • B41J2/16505—Caps, spittoons or covers for cleaning or preventing drying out
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
    • B41J2/16517—Cleaning of print head nozzles
    • B41J2/1652—Cleaning of print head nozzles by driving a fluid through the nozzles to the outside thereof, e.g. by applying pressure to the inside or vacuum at the outside of the print head
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/14—Structure thereof only for on-demand ink jet heads
    • B41J2002/14362—Assembling elements of heads

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  • Ink Jet (AREA)
  • Jet Pumps And Other Pumps (AREA)
  • Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)
  • Particle Formation And Scattering Control In Inkjet Printers (AREA)
  • Percussion Or Vibration Massage (AREA)
  • Perforating, Stamping-Out Or Severing By Means Other Than Cutting (AREA)
  • Surgical Instruments (AREA)
  • Cleaning Or Drying Semiconductors (AREA)

Abstract

A purge/clean system for a liquid jet apparatus, such as an ink jet printing system, having a liquid chamber including a chamber wall having an exterior surface and at least one orifice (60) though which liquid is ejected towards a substrate. The purge/clean system involves a cavity defined adjacent the exterior surface of the chamber wall into which liquid which is, expelled from the at least one orifice (60) during a purging or cleaning operation is permitted to flow and a vacuum pump for withdrawing liquid which is contained within the cavity. The cavity can be provided by a plurality of plates (90,88,86) arranged in an assembled, or stacked, relationship against the exterior surface of the chamber wall and, with the aid of a fan or compressor, can be used to create a zone of above - atmospheric pressure adjacent the exterior surface of the printer head. With the zone of above-atmospheric pressure created within the cavity, any leakage of air from the region into the atmosphere effects a flow of air out of the region and thereby helps to maintain the at least one orifice in a relatively clean condition. <IMAGE>
AT01304624T 2000-06-08 2001-05-25 CLEANING A LIQUID JET DEVICE ATE345934T1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/590,742 US6406125B1 (en) 2000-06-08 2000-06-08 System and method for maintaining the front of a fluid jet device in a relatively clean condition
US09/775,237 US6457802B2 (en) 2000-06-08 2001-02-01 System and method for maintaining the front of a fluid jet device in a relatively clean condition

Publications (1)

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ATE345934T1 true ATE345934T1 (en) 2006-12-15

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EP (1) EP1162071B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2002011892A (en)
CN (1) CN1189326C (en)
AT (1) ATE345934T1 (en)
AU (1) AU756643B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2349097C (en)
DE (1) DE60124621T2 (en)
DK (1) DK1162071T3 (en)
MX (1) MXPA01005702A (en)
TW (1) TW527286B (en)

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US6406125B1 (en) * 2000-06-08 2002-06-18 Illinois Tool Works Inc. System and method for maintaining the front of a fluid jet device in a relatively clean condition
EP1780023B1 (en) * 2000-10-31 2008-08-13 Zipher Limited Printing apparatus
US6637862B2 (en) * 2002-02-08 2003-10-28 Illinois Tool Works, Inc. Maintenance module for fluid jet device
US6848766B2 (en) 2002-10-11 2005-02-01 Eastman Kodak Company Start-up and shut down of continuous inkjet print head
US20050099451A1 (en) * 2003-11-04 2005-05-12 Videojet Technologies Inc. Method and apparatus for reducing debris accumulation in an ink jet printhead
CN100395112C (en) * 2003-12-24 2008-06-18 杭州宏华数码科技股份有限公司 Real time automatic cleaning method and apparatus for ink-jet head of digital ink-jet printer
WO2008070573A2 (en) * 2006-12-01 2008-06-12 Fujifilm Dimatix, Inc. Non-wetting coating on a fluid ejector
WO2011138729A2 (en) * 2010-05-02 2011-11-10 Xjet Ltd. Printing system with self-purge, sediment prevention and fumes removal arrangements
CN103041943B (en) * 2013-01-10 2015-09-02 深圳市华星光电技术有限公司 Nozzle cleaning device and the coating machine with this nozzle cleaning device
JP6241092B2 (en) * 2013-06-28 2017-12-06 セイコーエプソン株式会社 inkjet printer
JP6792708B2 (en) * 2017-03-31 2020-11-25 ヒューレット−パッカード デベロップメント カンパニー エル．ピー．Ｈｅｗｌｅｔｔ‐Ｐａｃｋａｒｄ Ｄｅｖｅｌｏｐｍｅｎｔ Ｃｏｍｐａｎｙ， Ｌ．Ｐ． Primer for printhead

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EP1162071B1 (en) 2006-11-22
DE60124621D1 (en) 2007-01-04
EP1162071A1 (en) 2001-12-12
TW527286B (en) 2003-04-11
AU756643B2 (en) 2003-01-16
CN1189326C (en) 2005-02-16
MXPA01005702A (en) 2003-08-20
JP2002011892A (en) 2002-01-15
CN1344620A (en) 2002-04-17
CA2349097C (en) 2006-10-24
CA2349097A1 (en) 2001-12-08
AU5179801A (en) 2001-12-13
DK1162071T3 (en) 2007-03-19
DE60124621T2 (en) 2007-09-13

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