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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2012
Applicant:
Luc DE Roeck, Kontich, BE;
Inventor:
Luc De Roeck, Kontich, BE;
Assignee:
Agfa Graphics NV, Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/015 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16526 (2013.01); B41J 2/16552 (2013.01); B41J 2/16538 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and a method for cleaning a printhead by providing from a first slit a laminar flow of cleaning fluid that flows through a pretensioned brush for brushing the nozzle plate and collecting debris. The cleaning fluid with the debris is drained by a first slit having a first under pressure and next by a second slit that has a second under pressure that is greater than the first under pressure.