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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2006
Sandor H. G. Joppen, Venlo, NL;
Peter J. Hollands, Baarlo, NL;
Sandor H. G. Joppen, Venlo, NL;
Peter J. Hollands, Baarlo, NL;
OCÉ-Technologies B.V., Venlo, NL;
Abstract
An ink jet device utilizing hot melt ink, said device including an ink reservoir, a heater arranged to heat ink contained in the ink reservoir, and a ventilation conduit which is connected to a ventilation opening in a top wall of the ink reservoir, said ventilation conduit containing a channel running upwards through a heated area. The ink jet device includes an ink melting unit for supplying melted ink to the ink reservoir, said ink melting unit being arranged to enable melted ink to flow into the ink reservoir from above, said channel of the ventilation conduit being in thermal contact with the ink melting unit.