EP0791468A3 - Ink catcher - Google Patents

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EP0791468A3
EP0791468A3 EP97300545A EP97300545A EP0791468A3 EP 0791468 A3 EP0791468 A3 EP 0791468A3 EP 97300545 A EP97300545 A EP 97300545A EP 97300545 A EP97300545 A EP 97300545A EP 0791468 A3 EP0791468 A3 EP 0791468A3
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ink catcher
catcher
ink
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French (fr)
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EP0791468A2 (en
EP0791468B1 (en
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Bruce A. Bowling
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Kodak Versamark Inc
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Kodak Versamark Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/18—Ink recirculation systems
    • B41J2/185—Ink-collectors; Ink-catchers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/18—Ink recirculation systems
    • B41J2/185—Ink-collectors; Ink-catchers
    • B41J2002/1853—Ink-collectors; Ink-catchers ink collectors for continuous Inkjet printers, e.g. gutters, mist suction means
EP19970300545 1996-02-23 1997-01-29 Ink catcher Expired - Lifetime EP0791468B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US60482196A 1996-02-23 1996-02-23
US604821 1996-02-23

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EP0791468A2 EP0791468A2 (en) 1997-08-27
EP0791468A3 true EP0791468A3 (en) 1998-05-13
EP0791468B1 EP0791468B1 (en) 2000-03-22

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EP19970300545 Expired - Lifetime EP0791468B1 (en) 1996-02-23 1997-01-29 Ink catcher

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EP (1) EP0791468B1 (en)
JP (1) JPH10119319A (en)
CA (1) CA2197510A1 (en)
DE (1) DE69701483T2 (en)

Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS5675864A (en) * 1979-11-22 1981-06-23 Ricoh Co Ltd Gutter for ink jet printing device
JPS56118867A (en) * 1980-02-25 1981-09-18 Ricoh Co Ltd Gutter for charging-and-deflecting type ink jet recorder
US4682183A (en) * 1986-07-21 1987-07-21 Xerox Corporation Gutter for an ink jet printer
US4937589A (en) * 1989-08-23 1990-06-26 Eastman Kodak Company Continuous ink jet print heads
US5477254A (en) * 1992-03-30 1995-12-19 Scitex Digital Printing, Inc. Apparatus for mounting and aligning components of an ink jet printhead

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS5675864A (en) * 1979-11-22 1981-06-23 Ricoh Co Ltd Gutter for ink jet printing device
JPS56118867A (en) * 1980-02-25 1981-09-18 Ricoh Co Ltd Gutter for charging-and-deflecting type ink jet recorder
US4682183A (en) * 1986-07-21 1987-07-21 Xerox Corporation Gutter for an ink jet printer
US4937589A (en) * 1989-08-23 1990-06-26 Eastman Kodak Company Continuous ink jet print heads
US5477254A (en) * 1992-03-30 1995-12-19 Scitex Digital Printing, Inc. Apparatus for mounting and aligning components of an ink jet printhead

Non-Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 005, no. 143 (M - 087) 9 September 1981 (1981-09-09) *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 005, no. 203 (M - 103) 23 December 1981 (1981-12-23) *

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EP0791468A2 (en) 1997-08-27
DE69701483D1 (en) 2000-04-27
DE69701483T2 (en) 2000-10-19
JPH10119319A (en) 1998-05-12
EP0791468B1 (en) 2000-03-22
CA2197510A1 (en) 1997-08-24

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