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US 12,179,496 B2Granted
Thread-coating module with ink management system
AssigneeMemjet Technology Limited
InventorMark Profaca
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Abstract
A thread-coating module includes: a coating chamber having a thread entrance at one end and a thread exit at an opposite end thereof; and an inkjet printhead positioned in a printhead opening of the coating chamber for ejecting ink onto thread fed through the coating chamber. The coating chamber has an ink management system positioned opposite the printhead for managing excess ink. The ink management system includes: an inner ink-collection slot in fluid communication with a drain port for recycling excess ink and an outer aerosol-collection chamber fluidically connected to a vacuum port.
Claims13
A thread-coating module comprising:
- a coating chamber having a thread entrance at one end, a thread exit at an opposite end thereof, a base plate having a printhead opening and a chamber unit having a mouth for engagement with the base plate;
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- an inkjet printhead received in the printhead opening of the coating chamber for ejecting ink onto thread fed through the coating chamber;
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- wherein the chamber unit and the base plate are movable relative to each other for opening and closing the coating chamber, and wherein the chamber unit comprises an ink management system positioned opposite the printhead for managing excess ink, the ink management system comprising:
- an inner ink-collection slot in fluid communication with a drain port for recycling excess ink;
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- an outer aerosol-collection chamber fluidically connected to a vacuum port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.