Waste ink separator for ink jet printer maintenance system

Details Waste ink separator for ink jet printer maintenance system Waste ink separator for ink jet printer maintenance system

1992-11-12

1994-07-12

Fuller, Benjamin R.

Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems

Particular structure

Having significant detail of cell structure only

B41J 2175

Patent

active

053293061

ABSTRACT:
A waste ink separator is used in an ink jet printer maintenance station for management of the waste ink generated during printhead priming operations. The separator primarily consists of three main components, viz., a rigid chamber body with side walls and a top wall with an inlet and outlet therein, a chamber floor constructed of a material having a high moisture vapor transfer rate to pass moisture therethrough, and a foam material housed in the interior of the chamber body and floor for absorbing and storing waste liquid ink. The internal surface of the chamber top wall has interleaved parallel ribs which provide a serpentine floor path between the chamber inlet and outlet about the foam material for separating the liquid ink from the air.

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