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US 12,759,328 B2Granted
System and method for reducing condensation effects in an aqueous inkjet printer
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsSeemit Praharaj, Jason M. LeFevre, Palghat Ramesh, Varun Sambhy, Douglas K. Herrmann, Anthony S. Condello
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Abstract
An inkjet printer has a baffle that provides nucleation sites for condensation within the inkjet printer. The nucleation sites are recesses defined in a surface of each metal member of the baffle and are covered with a mesh material to prevent collected condensation from dripping onto printed sheets as the sheets pass through the inkjet printer.
Claims20
An inkjet printer comprising:
- at least one baffle member defining a surface that is positioned opposite a portion of a media path through the inkjet printer, the surface defining at least one concave recess;
- and
- a mesh disposed over the at least one concave recess between the at least one concave recess and the media path.
A baffle for an inkjet printer comprising:
- at least one baffle member having a first end and a second end and a surface extending from the first end to the second end, the surface defining at least one concave recess configured to provide a nucleation site;
- and
- a mesh disposed over the at least one concave recess in the at least one baffle member and configured to obstruct condensate from dropping out of the nucleation site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.