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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11390090 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2020

Ink maintenance system for a printer

Applicant:

Primera Technology, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);

Inventor:

Erick Hagstrom, Wayzata, MN (US);

Assignee:

PRIMERA TECHNOLOGY, INC., Plymouth, MN (US);

Attorneys:

Westman, Champlin & Koehler, P.A.

Z. Peter Sawicki

Amanda M. Prose

Primary Examiner:

Scott A Richmond

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01); A23P 20/18 (2016.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01); A23P 20/20 (2016.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); A21D 13/80 (2017.01); A21D 13/24 (2017.01); B41J 29/17 (2006.01); A23P 20/25 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17563 (2013.01); A21D 13/24 (2017.01); A21D 13/80 (2017.01); A23P 20/18 (2016.08); A23P 20/20 (2016.08); B41J 2/1714 (2013.01); B41J 2/1721 (2013.01); B41J 3/407 (2013.01); B41J 3/4073 (2013.01); B41J 3/40731 (2020.08); B41J 13/0009 (2013.01); B41J 29/02 (2013.01); B41J 29/17 (2013.01); B41M 5/0041 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); A23P 2020/253 (2016.08);
Abstract

An ink maintenance system for a printer comprising a first tray having a base and a plurality of side walls, the first tray having a first length and an open top along the length and a second tray having a base and a plurality of side walls, the second tray having a second length and an open top along its length. The system also includes a fan and a filter. To use the system, a print head is positioned in a standby or cleaning position within the printer and ink is ejected from one or more print nozzles into an ink maintenance system within the printer such that the ejected ink is collected in at least one of a catch tray or a filter of the ink maintenance system. The system is then removable from the printer for cleaning.

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