Chimney for preventing ink misting
AssigneeLexmark International, Inc.
InventorsDonald Norman Spitz, Ryan Timothy Ward, Yu-Feng Huang, Nai-Hsiang Ma
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Abstract
An ink jet printer includes a printhead and a maintenance station. The maintenance station includes a fixed support housing, a sled and a chimney. The sled is supported on the support housing and is movable relative to the support housing in both a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. The chimney receives ink spit from the printhead. The chimney has a fixed vertical position relative to the printhead and is horizontally movable in response to movement of the sled.
Claims31
A maintenance station for a printer, comprising:
- a fixed support housing;
- a sled supported on said support housing and being movable relative to said support housing in both a horizontal direction and a vertical direction;
- and
- a spit containment device configured to receive spit ink, said spit containment device having a fixed vertical position and being horizontally movable in response to movement of said sled.
An ink jet printer, comprising:
- a printhead;
- and
- a maintenance station including:
- a fixed support housing;
- a sled supported on said support housing and being movable relative to said support housing in both a horizontal direction and a vertical direction;
- and
- a spit containment device configured to receive ink spit from said printhead, said spit containment device having a fixed vertical position relative to said printhead and being horizontally movable in response to movement of said sled.
A maintenance station for a printer, comprising:
- a fixed support housing;
- a sled supported on said support housing and being movable relative to said support housing in both a horizontal direction and a vertical direction;
- and
- a spit containment device configured to receive spit ink, said spit containment device having a fixed vertical position and being horizontally movable relative to said support housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.