CA2349097A1 - System and method for maintaining the front of a fluid jet device in a relatively clean condition - Google Patents

System and method for maintaining the front of a fluid jet device in a relatively clean condition Download PDF

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CA2349097A1
CA2349097A1 CA002349097A CA2349097A CA2349097A1 CA 2349097 A1 CA2349097 A1 CA 2349097A1 CA 002349097 A CA002349097 A CA 002349097A CA 2349097 A CA2349097 A CA 2349097A CA 2349097 A1 CA2349097 A1 CA 2349097A1
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Philip H. Jackson
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Illinois Tool Works Inc
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Illinois Tool Works Inc
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    • 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)
  • Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)
  • Jet Pumps And Other Pumps (AREA)
  • Surgical Instruments (AREA)
  • Cleaning Or Drying Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Percussion Or Vibration Massage (AREA)
  • Perforating, Stamping-Out Or Severing By Means Other Than Cutting (AREA)
  • Particle Formation And Scattering Control In Inkjet Printers (AREA)

Abstract

A purge/clean system and an associated method for A fluid jet apparatus, such as an ink jet printing system, having a fluid chamber including a chamber wall having an exterior surface and at least one orifice through which fluid is ejected from the fluid chamber toward a substrate involves a cavity defined adjacent the exterior surface of the chamber wall into which fluid which is, expelled from the at least one orifice during a purging or cleaning operation is permitted to flow and a vacuum pump for withdrawing fluid which is contained within the cavity. The cavity can be provided by a plurality of plate 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.
CA002349097A 2000-06-08 2001-05-29 System and method for maintaining the front of a fluid jet device in a relatively clean condition Expired - Fee Related CA2349097C (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/590,742 2000-06-08
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 2001-02-01
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

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JP (1) JP2002011892A (en)
CN (1) CN1189326C (en)
AT (1) ATE345934T1 (en)
AU (1) AU756643B2 (en)
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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
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US8128201B2 (en) * 2006-12-01 2012-03-06 Fujifilm Dimatix, Inc. Non-wetting coating on a fluid ejector
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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
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DE60124621D1 (en) 2007-01-04
AU756643B2 (en) 2003-01-16
MXPA01005702A (en) 2003-08-20
ATE345934T1 (en) 2006-12-15
DE60124621T2 (en) 2007-09-13
DK1162071T3 (en) 2007-03-19
TW527286B (en) 2003-04-11
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JP2002011892A (en) 2002-01-15
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