发明名称 |
Ink jet print head with capillary flow cleaning |
摘要 |
The present invention resides in a self-cleaning printer with a print head having an orifice plate defining an ink jet orifice, a cleaning orifice and a drain orifice. The orifice plate further defines an outer surface between the orifices. A source of pressurized cleaning fluid is connected to the cleaning orifice and a fluid return is connected to the drain orifice for storing used cleaning fluid. A cleaning surface is disposed adjacent to and separate from the outer surface to define a capillary fluid flow path from the cleaning orifice across the ink jet orifice and to the drain orifice. During cleaning, the source of pressurized cleaning fluid discharges a flow of a cleaning fluid into the capillary fluid flow path and pressurized cleaning fluid from the capillary flow path passes through the drain orifice and into the fluid return.
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申请公布号 |
US6513903(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2003.02.04 |
申请号 |
US20000750993 |
申请日期 |
2000.12.29 |
申请人 |
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY |
发明人 |
SHARMA RAVI;HAWKINS GILBERT A. |
分类号 |
B41J2/165;(IPC1-7):B41J2/165 |
主分类号 |
B41J2/165 |
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