EP1555127A1 - Dispositif de nettoyage des buses pour une imprimante à jet d'encre - Google Patents

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EP1555127A1
EP1555127A1 EP05100010A EP05100010A EP1555127A1 EP 1555127 A1 EP1555127 A1 EP 1555127A1 EP 05100010 A EP05100010 A EP 05100010A EP 05100010 A EP05100010 A EP 05100010A EP 1555127 A1 EP1555127 A1 EP 1555127A1
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valve housing
piston
cleaning device
ink
nozzle cleaning
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Antonius J.J. Van Gerven
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Canon Production Printing Netherlands BV
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Oce Technologies BV
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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—Preventing or detecting 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
EP20050100010 2004-01-14 2005-01-03 Dispositif de nettoyage des buses pour une imprimante à jet d'encre Not-in-force EP1555127B1 (fr)

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Citations (6)

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US4558326A (en) * 1982-09-07 1985-12-10 Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd. Purging system for ink jet recording apparatus
EP0578334A2 (fr) * 1988-03-02 1994-01-12 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Mécanisme d'aspiration pour un appareil d'impression à jet d'encre
EP0615846A1 (fr) * 1993-03-11 1994-09-21 Seiko Epson Corporation Appareil d'enregistrement à jet d'encre
US5659347A (en) * 1994-11-14 1997-08-19 Xerox Corporation Ink supply apparatus
US6095633A (en) * 1994-10-06 2000-08-01 Lexmark International, Inc. Process for priming a multi-chamber ink jet print head
WO2003053700A1 (fr) * 2001-12-13 2003-07-03 Texdot Ab Ensemble soupape dans une imprimante a jet de liquide

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4558326A (en) * 1982-09-07 1985-12-10 Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd. Purging system for ink jet recording apparatus
EP0578334A2 (fr) * 1988-03-02 1994-01-12 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Mécanisme d'aspiration pour un appareil d'impression à jet d'encre
EP0615846A1 (fr) * 1993-03-11 1994-09-21 Seiko Epson Corporation Appareil d'enregistrement à jet d'encre
US6095633A (en) * 1994-10-06 2000-08-01 Lexmark International, Inc. Process for priming a multi-chamber ink jet print head
US5659347A (en) * 1994-11-14 1997-08-19 Xerox Corporation Ink supply apparatus
WO2003053700A1 (fr) * 2001-12-13 2003-07-03 Texdot Ab Ensemble soupape dans une imprimante a jet de liquide

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