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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2012
James Edward Williams, Penfield, NY (US);
Roger G. Leighton, Hilton, NY (US);
Paul A. Hosier, Rochester, NY (US);
David Peter Lomenzo, Pittsford, NY (US);
David Kenneth Ahl, Rochester, NY (US);
Scott J. Phillips, West Henrietta, NY (US);
John R. Uchal, Webster, NY (US);
James Edward Williams, Penfield, NY (US);
Roger G. Leighton, Hilton, NY (US);
Paul A. Hosier, Rochester, NY (US);
David Peter Lomenzo, Pittsford, NY (US);
David Kenneth Ahl, Rochester, NY (US);
Scott J. Phillips, West Henrietta, NY (US);
John R. Uchal, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
In an inkjet printing apparatus, a heater heats a drip bib that is located below a plurality of inkjets in a printhead to a temperature that melts ink collected on a surface of the drip bib. Pressurized air is directed toward the surface of the drip bib to remove the melted ink from the surface of the drip bib.