Global Patent Index - EP 2060396 B1

EP 2060396 B1 20100929 - Ink recovery device for a maintenance station

Title (en)

Ink recovery device for a maintenance station

Title (de)

Vorrichtung zur Tintenrückgewinnung für Wartungsstation

Title (fr)

Dispositif de récupération d'encre pour station de maintenance

Publication

EP 2060396 B1 20100929 (FR)

Application

EP 08168472 A 20081106

Priority

FR 0758983 A 20071113

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2060396A1] The device has an ink recovery tank (16) for receiving the ink ejected, through ink ejection nozzles (12A, 12B, 14A, 14B) of ink jet printing modules (12, 14), during a maintenance phase. Cotter or straight pins (26, 28) are mounted in the conduit and at a reduced predetermined distance from the tip of one of two funnel shaped discharge conduits (22, 24). The pins agglutinate the fine ink droplets ejected through the nozzles into the thick ink droplets, and drop the thick ink droplets into the tank.

IPC 8 full level

B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B41J 2/16523 (2013.01 - EP US); B41J 2/1721 (2013.01 - EP US); B41J 2/1742 (2024.05 - EP); G07B 17/00508 (2013.01 - EP US); B41J 2/1742 (2024.05 - US); G07B 2017/00532 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2060396 A1 20090520; EP 2060396 B1 20100929; CA 2644324 A1 20090513; DE 602008002801 D1 20101111; FR 2923410 A1 20090515; US 2009128598 A1 20090521; US 7984964 B2 20110726

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 08168472 A 20081106; CA 2644324 A 20081112; DE 602008002801 T 20081106; FR 0758983 A 20071113; US 26873108 A 20081111