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US4935753A
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Apparatus for the cleaning and sealing of the nozzle surface of an ink head
Assignee: INKJET SYSTEMS & Co KG GmbH
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Filing: 1988-03-15
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Granted: 1990-06-19
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Expires: 2008-03-15
Abstract
Abstract The sealing and cleaning apparatus for an ink head consists of an electromotively driven endless band, on which two wedge-shaped wiping lips are arranged. For cleaning and sealing, the nozzle head is brough a close distance in front of the endless band, a surface of the endless band not provided with wiping lips serving as spraying surface for the squirting-out of the ink head. A cleaning device of wiping edge or cleaning roller removes the ink on the endless band. For covering in breaks in recording, the endless band has, furthermore, a depression formed by bulges, which is brough into contact in front of the nozzle plate or covering. For sealing, a convexly formed flexible pad, which is arranged between the endless belt, is pressed by means of a pressure-applying device against the endless band and cosequently against the nozzle plate. Due to the convex form, no air entrapment can occur in the region of the nozzle plate.
Inventors
- 👤 Manfred Lehmann
- 👤 Heinz Lehna
- 👤 Werner Gotz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-30 11:45
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/005; B41J2/01; B41J2/135; B41J2/165; B41J2/16517; B41J2/16535; B41J2/16544; B41J2/16547; B41J2/16541; B41J23/00; B41J23/02; B41J23/025
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
Apparatus for cleaning and sealing the nozzle surface of an ink head (10) comprising: (a) a motor-driven flexible endless band (14) being disposed a distance in front of said nozzle surface (11); (b) said endless band (14) having wiping lips (16) of a triangular-shaped cross-section; (c) said wiping lips (16) being fastened on one of their sides on said endless band (14) for brushing over said nozzle surface (11) with their front edges during movement of said endless band (14) and (d) means acting behind said endless band (14) for sealing-off of said nozzle surface (11), said means having a pressure surface (28) for pressing said endless band against said nozzle surface (11).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
113 words
Apparatus for cleaning and sealing the nozzle surface of an ink head (10) comprising: (a) a motor-driven flexible endless band (14) being disposed a distance in front of said nozzle surface (11); (b) said endless band (14) having wiping lips (16) of a triangular-shaped cross-section; (c) said wiping lips (16) being fastened on one of their sides on said endless band (14) for brushing over said nozzle surface (11) with their front edges during movement of said endless band (14) and (d) means acting behind said endless band (14) for sealing-off of said nozzle surface (11), said means having a pressure surface (28) for pressing said endless band against said nozzle surface (11).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said endless band (14) comprises a region (20) free of wiping lips (14) which, on demand, can be positioned in front of said nozzle surface (11) to serve as a collecting plate for the ink droplets for squirting-out said nozzles.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
64 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said pressure surface, or any other surface arranged of said band, is designed in such a curved form that, when sealing-off, said endless band (14) initially makes punctiform or linear contact with said nozzle surface (11) and that by further increasing of the contact pressure (30), said band (14) is in surface contact with said nozzle surface (11).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
53 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said endless band (14) comprises a depressed region, which can be positioned in front of said nozzle surface for protecting against drying-out according to a protective shroud and said depressed region being designed that a micro-climate inhibiting the drying-out of said nozzle form in the depressed region.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said depressed region is formed by bulges (26), limiting the region said bulges having air-pressure and temperature compensating openings (27).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said endless band (14) is assigned a band cleaning device (21), designed to clean said endless band of adhering ink.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
Apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said band cleaning device comprises a wiping edge flexibly in contact with said endless band (14).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
Apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said wiping edge (23) is arranged spirally on said cleaning rollers (22).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
Apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said band cleaning device comprises cleaning rollers (22) flexibly in contact with said endless band (14).
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