Attachable/detachable umbilical platform for a continuous ink jet printhead

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EP 0 805 035 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	12.11.1997 Bulletin 1997/46

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	05.11.1997 Bulletin 1997/45

(21)	Application number: 97302689.1

(22)	Date of filing: 21.04.1997

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: B41J 2/175, F16L 5/00, B41J 2/02

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

30.04.1996 US 640238

(71)	Applicant: Scitex Digital Printing, Inc.
	Dayton, Ohio 45420-4099 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Bowling, Bruce, A. Beavercreek, Ohio 45432 (US)

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

(54)	Attachable/detachable umbilical platform for a continuous ink jet printhead

(57) A system (10) is provided for linking an umbilical (1) to a continuous ink jet printhead. An ink jet printhead support structure (2) supports the ink jet printhead, and a rigid printhead housing cap (3) is situated between the ink jet printhead support structure (2) and the umbilical (1). The ink jet printhead support structure (2) is attachable to the rigid printhead housing cap (3), using screws (5). A threaded aperture (9) through the rigid printhead housing cap (3) receives the umbilical (1).

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