Global Patent Index - EP 1565319 A1

EP 1565319 A1 20050824 - HEAD CLEANING MEMBER FOR INK JET PRINTER

Title (en)

HEAD CLEANING MEMBER FOR INK JET PRINTER

Title (de)

KOPFREINIGUNGSELEMENT FÜR TINTENSTRAHLDRUCKER

Title (fr)

ELEMENT DE NETTOYAGE DE TETE POUR IMPRIMANTE A JET D'ENCRE

Publication

EP 1565319 A1 20050824 (EN)

Application

EP 03779148 A 20031020

Priority

  • JP 2002347424 A 20021129
  • US 0333334 W 20031020

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2004050372A1] To provide a head cleaning device for ink jet printers, which permits refresh operation of the recording head to be performed easily and quickly, and which has simple and compact structure. A head cleaning device which is used in an ink jet printer between a recording head and a recording medium has a major surface that is equal to or greater than an ink ejection surface of the recording head, and is constructed such that it comprises, on said major surface, a head cleaning member having a multiplicity of parallel and fine ink discharging grooves so as to permit waste ink to flow in a definite direction.

IPC 1-7

B41J 2/165

IPC 8 full level

B41J 2/18 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/185 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

B41J 2/165 (2013.01 - KR); B41J 2/16505 (2013.01 - EP); B41J 2/16547 (2013.01 - EP); B41J 2/16552 (2013.01 - EP); B41J 2/1728 (2024.05 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2004050372 A1 20040617; AU 2003285917 A1 20040623; CN 1774342 A 20060517; EP 1565319 A1 20050824; JP 2004175080 A 20040624; KR 20050083996 A 20050826; MX PA05005526 A 20050816; TW 200412294 A 20040716

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0333334 W 20031020; AU 2003285917 A 20031020; CN 200380104305 A 20031020; EP 03779148 A 20031020; JP 2002347424 A 20021129; KR 20057009590 A 20050527; MX PA05005526 A 20031020; TW 92130676 A 20031103