Replaceable ink mist filter

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EP 0 741 039 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	25.02.1998 Bulletin 1998/09

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	06.11.1996 Bulletin 1996/45

(21)	Application number: 96303082.0

(22)	Date of filing: 01.05.1996

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: B41J 2/175

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

04.05.1995 US 433989

(71)	Applicant: SCITEX DIGITAL PRINTING, Inc.
	Dayton, Ohio 45420-4099 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Bartley, Rusell L. Urbana, Ohio 43078 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hillier, Peter et al
	Reginald W. Barker & Co., Chancery House, 53-64, Chancery Lane London, WC2A 1QU London, WC2A 1QU (GB)

(54)	Replaceable ink mist filter

(57) A vacuum system is usable with an ink jet printer, the printer having an access door. The vacuum system comprises an ink reservoir, wherein a vacuum is supplied to the ink reservoir. A user replaceable mist filter is situated within the access door of the printer for capturing ink mist from the ink reservoir. The location of the mist filter makes the mist filter easily accessible, removable and replaceable.

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