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US 2002/0171712 A1Published application
Nozzle flood isolation for ink jet printhead
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorKia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A nozzle guard (80) for an ink jet printer printhead With an array (14) of nozzles (10) and respective ink ejection means for ejecting ink onto a substrate to be printed, wherein the nozzle guard (80) is adapted to be positioned on the printhead to inhibit damaging contact with the exterior of the array (14) of nozzles (10).
Claims13
A printhead for an ink jet printer, the printhead including:
- an array of nozzles for ejecting ink onto media to be printed;
- an apertured containment formation positioned between the nozzle and the media when the printhead is in use;
- such that,
- ink fed to the nozzle is isolated from at least some of the other nozzles in the array while allowing ink correctly ejected from the nozzle to pass through an aperture in the containment formation to print the media.
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