AU2001255686A1 - Ink jet printer having waste tank overflow prevention - Google Patents

Ink jet printer having waste tank overflow prevention

Info

Publication number: AU2001255686A1
Authority: AU; Australia
Prior art keywords: ink jet; jet printer; waste tank; overflow prevention; tank overflow
Prior art date: 2000-04-26
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Abandoned

Application number

AU2001255686A

Inventor

Yakup J. Igval

Yoshio Tsuru

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Pitney Bowes Inc

Original Assignee

Pitney Bowes Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2000-04-26

Filing date

2001-04-24

Publication date

2001-11-07

2001-04-24 Application filed by Pitney Bowes Inc filed Critical Pitney Bowes Inc

2001-11-07 Publication of AU2001255686A1 publication Critical patent/AU2001255686A1/en

Status Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- 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
- B41J2/135—Nozzles
- B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
- B41J2/16505—Caps, spittoons or covers for cleaning or preventing drying out
- B41J2/16508—Caps, spittoons or covers for cleaning or preventing drying out connected with the printer frame
- 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
- B41J2/135—Nozzles
- B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
- B41J2/16517—Cleaning of print head nozzles
- B41J2/1652—Cleaning of print head nozzles by driving a fluid through the nozzles to the outside thereof, e.g. by applying pressure to the inside or vacuum at the outside of the print head
- B41J2/16523—Waste ink transport from caps or spittoons, e.g. by suction

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
Ink Jet (AREA)

AU2001255686A 2000-04-26 2001-04-24 Ink jet printer having waste tank overflow prevention Abandoned AU2001255686A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US09/558,357 US6357854B1 (en)	2000-04-26	2000-04-26	Ink jet printer having waste tank overflow prevention
US09558357		2000-04-26
PCT/US2001/013396 WO2001081090A1 (en)	2000-04-26	2001-04-24	Ink jet printer having waste tank overflow prevention

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
AU2001255686A1 true AU2001255686A1 (en)	2001-11-07

Family

ID=24229234

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
AU2001255686A Abandoned AU2001255686A1 (en)	2000-04-26	2001-04-24	Ink jet printer having waste tank overflow prevention

Country Status (8)

Country	Link
US (1)	US6357854B1 (en)
EP (1)	EP1278638B1 (en)
AU (1)	AU2001255686A1 (en)
CA (1)	CA2406984C (en)
DE (1)	DE60140115D1 (en)
ES (1)	ES2332705T3 (en)
MX (1)	MXPA02010997A (en)
WO (1)	WO2001081090A1 (en)

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2000
- 2000-04-26 US US09/558,357 patent/US6357854B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
2001
- 2001-04-24 DE DE60140115T patent/DE60140115D1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2001-04-24 ES ES01928877T patent/ES2332705T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2001-04-24 WO PCT/US2001/013396 patent/WO2001081090A1/en not_active Ceased
- 2001-04-24 MX MXPA02010997A patent/MXPA02010997A/en active IP Right Grant
- 2001-04-24 CA CA002406984A patent/CA2406984C/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2001-04-24 EP EP01928877A patent/EP1278638B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2001-04-24 AU AU2001255686A patent/AU2001255686A1/en not_active Abandoned

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
MXPA02010997A (en)	2004-09-10
EP1278638A1 (en)	2003-01-29
EP1278638A4 (en)	2007-07-18
DE60140115D1 (en)	2009-11-19
CA2406984C (en)	2006-12-05
US6357854B1 (en)	2002-03-19
CA2406984A1 (en)	2001-11-01
ES2332705T3 (en)	2010-02-11
EP1278638B1 (en)	2009-10-07
WO2001081090A1 (en)	2001-11-01

Publication	Publication Date	Title
AU2001255686A1 (en)	2001-11-07	Ink jet printer having waste tank overflow prevention
AU2001258625A1 (en)	2001-12-03	Continuous ink jet printing ink composition
AU2001295568A1 (en)	2002-03-26	Ink jet printing device
GB2343415C (en)	2014-10-22	An ink jet printer
AU2002335081A1 (en)	2003-04-14	Ink jet printing
AU2433499A (en)	1999-08-16	Ink jet printer ink
AU141216S (en)	2000-07-21	Ink tank for printer
AU7009700A (en)	2001-02-19	Ink composition for ink jet printing
AU141120S (en)	2000-07-12	Ink tank for printer
AU2001260450A1 (en)	2001-12-03	Jet ink composition for printing watermarks
GB9918265D0 (en)	1999-10-06	Ink jet printing method
AU138969S (en)	1999-12-01	Ink tank for printer
AU3008000A (en)	2000-09-14	Ink jet printing inks
EP1307347A4 (en)	2005-01-12	Ink jet printing
EP1345773A4 (en)	2004-06-16	Ink jet printing module
CA97262S (en)	2002-03-22	Ink tank for printer
EP1157851A3 (en)	2004-03-31	Ink jet printing process
GB9902054D0 (en)	1999-03-24	Ink jet printing mechanism
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