Nozzle plate for ink jet printer
AssigneeDomino Printing Science PLC
InventorsColin Edward Chamberlain, Ammar Lecheheb, Danny Charles Palmer, Jerzy Zaba
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Abstract
A continuous ink jet printer has a nozzle plate 1 which includes an orifice 3 for emitting a stream of ink. A counterbore 4 surrounds the orifice. A passage 5, 6 is provided which lies substantially in the plane of the plate and intersects the counterbore, and through which a flow of cleaning agent may be supplied to the counterbore, in order to flush ink from the surrounds of the orifice.
Claims14
A continuous ink jet printer nozzle plate for an ink jet printer, the nozzle plate including an orifice for emitting a stream of ink;
- a counterbore surrounding the orifice;
- and said nozzle plate defining a passage through the plate substantially in the plane of the plate and intersecting the counterbore, through which passage a flow of cleaning agent may be supplied to the counterbore, in order to flush ink from the surrounds of the orifice.
A continuous ink jet printer having a nozzle plate, the nozzle plate including an orifice for emitting a stream of ink;
- a counterbore surrounding the orifice;
- and said plate defining a passage between its upper and lower surfaces with the passage being substantially in the plane of the plate and intersecting the counterbore, through which passage a flow of cleaning agent may be supplied through said passage to the counterbore, in order to flush ink from the surrounds of the orifice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.