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US 2013/0155148 A1Published application
Reducing condensation accumulation in printing systems
OwnerBorden H. Mills, III, Thomas A. Henderson +2inventors
InventorsBorden H. Mills, III, Thomas A. Henderson, James H. Hurst, John L. Hryhorenko
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Abstract
A printing system includes a printing system component and a wick assembly affixed to the printing system component. The wick assembly includes at least one textile pad for collecting condensation that forms on a surface of the printing system component. A hydrophilic coating can be disposed over the surface of the printing system component.
Claims10
A printing system, comprising:
- a linehead comprising a plurality of printheads aligned by a support structure;
- a wick assembly affixed to the support structure, wherein the wick assembly comprises at least one textile pad for collecting condensation that forms on a surface of the support structure;
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- a hydrophilic coating disposed over the surface of the support structure.
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A printing system, comprising:
- a printing system component;
- a wick assembly affixed to the printing system component, wherein the wick assembly comprises at least one textile pad for collecting condensation that forms on a surface of the printing system component;
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- a hydrophilic coating disposed over the surface of the printing system component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.