Recycling ink solvent system for inkjet printheads

Details Recycling ink solvent system for inkjet printheads Recycling ink solvent system for inkjet printheads

1997-11-05

2000-11-14

Le, N.

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Ejector mechanism

347 28, B41J 2165

Patent

active

061459585

ABSTRACT:
A recycling ink solvent system cleans an inkjet printhead in an inkjet printing mechanism using a wiper that moves between a wiping position for cleaning ink residue from the printhead, a scraping position for scraping residue from the wiper, and a solvent application position. An ink solvent recycling member has a body and a scraper portion that scrapes ink residue from the wiper and an applicator portion that applies ink solvent to the wiper. The body is constructed of a porous material that is impregnated with the ink solvent, with the pores being selected to move the ink solvent under capillary action from the scraper portion toward the applicator portion, and to filter dissolved ink residue from the ink solvent. A method is also provided to clean an inkjet printhead using such a recycling member, along with an inkjet printing mechanism having such a recycling system.

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