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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2011
Laurence S. Barker, Fairport, NY (US);
Michael Quoc LU, Fairport, NY (US);
John R. Uchal, Webster, NY (US);
Laurence S. Barker, Fairport, NY (US);
Michael Quoc Lu, Fairport, NY (US);
John R. Uchal, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An ink removal system includes a drip bib and a flexible member. The drip bib collects melted ink flowing down the face of a printhead and the flexible member captures ink dropping from the drip bib after an ink receptacle has received most of the ink collected by the drip bib. When the ink receptacle returns to the position where the receptacle catches melted ink from the drip bib, the receptacle also bends the flexible member and releases the captured ink, which falls into the ink receptacle.