Incremental printing of symbolic information – Ink jet – Ejector mechanism
Patent
1993-11-15
1996-03-19
Barlow, Jr., John E.
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Ink jet
Ejector mechanism
347 30, 347 31, 347 87, 347 98, B41J 2165
Patent
active
055006590
ABSTRACT:
A cleaning apparatus for removing accumulated waste ink from a service or maintenance station of an ink jet printer includes a housing that defines a fluid storage chamber, and at least one output aperture that is formed in a wall of the housing, and communicates with the storage chamber. The cleaning apparatus further includes a cleaning liquid that is stored in the fluid storage chamber for ejecting through the at least one output aperture. The cleaning liquid advantageously includes ink dissolving compositions for dissolving thickened or dried ink waste and other contaminants that have undesirably accumulated in portions of the service or maintenance station. The method of cleaning the service or maintenance station of an ink jet printer includes (a) temporarily infusing waste ink and contamination-collecting portions of the service or maintenance station with a cleaning liquid that includes ink dissolving compositions, and (b) then purging or flushing out such cleaning liquid from the service or maintenance station.
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Breemes, Sr. David P.
Carreira Leonard M.
Curran, Jr. Donald P.
Pollocks, Jr. Lonnie J.
Trenchard Thomas J.
Barlow Jr. John E.
Nguti Tallam I.
Xerox Corporation
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