Inkjet head cleaning system and inkjet head cleaning method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeong-Gyu Kwon, Yoon-Ho Kang, Jang-Sub Kim, Byoung-Joo Kim
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Abstract
An inkjet head cleaning system including a solvent shower to spray a solvent toward a lower surface of the inkjet head for dissolving contaminants of the lower surface, a suction apparatus apart from the solvent shower to suck the dissolved contaminants, and an air blower apart from the suction apparatus to blow air toward the lower surface for drying the solvent. The inkjet head cleaning system and a method using thereof removes contaminants without damage of the under surface of the inkjet head by using solvent. A brush can also be used to remove hardened contaminants remaining on the inkjet head.
Claims10
An inkjet head cleaning system comprising:
- a shower adapted to spray a solvent onto a lower surface of an inkjet head for dissolving contaminants on the inkjet head;
- a vacuum spaced apart from the shower adapted to suck the dissolved contaminants from the inkjet head;
- and,
- a blower spaced apart from the vacuum adapted to blow air toward the lower surface of the inkjet head.
A method of cleaning an inkjet head comprising;
- discharging ink from the inkjet head;
- spraying a solvent toward a lower surface of the inkjet head to dissolve contaminantd on the inkjet head;
- sucking the dissolved contaminants from the inkjet head;
- and
- blowing air toward to the lower surface of the inkjet head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.