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2006-03-21

2006-03-21

Vo, Anh T.N. (Department: 2861)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Fluid or fluid source handling means

C347S092000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07014303

ABSTRACT:
The invention offers an inkjet printer which does not produce defective prints when bubbles enter ink supply tube. There is provided an air trap in an ink supply tube near an ink delivery port of an ink tank. The air trap is a hollow rectangular parallelepiped with a flow passage length of Lx, a height of Lh as measured from the bottom of an ink flow to a highest part, and a width of W. On its downstream end, the air trap has an outlet having a height of Ly as measured from the bottom of an ink flow. The air trap has a bubble catching space above the outlet. The dimensions are determined so that bubbles float at least up to height Ly while passing through the flow passage of length Lx. When bubbles flow into the air trap, they float and are caught in the space of the air trap before reaching the outlet.

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