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US 6,332,678 B2Granted
Printer having a rest station for an ink jet head
AssigneeOce-Technologies B.V.
InventorPeter Joseph Hollands
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Abstract
An ink jet system including an ink jet head for the image-wise spraying of hotmelt ink, diode for maintaining the hotmelt ink in a molten state in the ink jet head, a rest station defining an area for at least partially receiving the ink jet head, and a guide system for facilitating the movement of the ink jet head from an operative mode to a standby mode within the rest station.
Claims6
An ink jet system comprising:
- an ink jet head for image-wise spraying of hotmelt ink,
- means for maintaining the hotmelt ink in a molten state in the ink jet head,
- a rest station defining an area outside a printing area for at least partially receiving the ink jet head, said rest station being provided with an stationary insulating layer, and
- a guide system for facilitating movement of the ink jet head from an operative mode with the printing area to a standby mode within the rest station, in which standby mode the ink is kept in a molten state.
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