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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2020
Markem-imaje Corporation, Keene, NH (US);
Frances H. Benton, Keene, NH (US);
Richard A. Gardner, Walpole, NH (US);
Arjun Venkataramanan, Keene, NH (US);
Jose Raul Ramirez, Milford, NH (US);
Markem-Imaje Corporation, Keene, NH (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for industrial printing, e.g., using drop-on-demand (DOD) inkjet print heads, include, in at least one aspect, a printing device including: a print head including a print engine, including multiple nozzles, and circuitry to selectively eject ink through the multiple nozzles to form an image on a moving substrate, and to purge the ink through the multiple nozzles; and a printhead enclosure having an opening in front of the multiple nozzles to allow the selectively ejected ink to pass through the opening when the selectively ejected ink is ejected toward the moving substrate; wherein the printhead enclosure includes a hole placed away from the multiple nozzles; and wherein the printhead enclosure is configured to direct the ink that is purged through the multiple nozzles along an inside surface of the printhead enclosure to the hole through which the ink flows and exits the printhead enclosure.