Systems for supplying heated air to printed ink
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAntonio Monclus Velasco, Xavier Soler Pedemonte, Fco Javier Pèrez Gellida, Emilio Angulo Navarro, Jesùs Garcia Maza, Elena Laso Plaza, Francisco Javier Rodriguez Escañuela
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Abstract
System for supplying ink printed on a print medium comprises a heater to heat air, an impingement plate with a plurality of holes, and a blower for blowing heated air through the holes of the impingement plate onto the print medium. The impingement flux length in the system which may be defined as the length of the impingement plate through which heated air is blown, is adjustable.
Claims15
A system for supplying heated air to ink printed on a print medium comprising:
- a heater to heat air,
- an impingement plate with a plurality of holes,
- a blower for blowing heated air through the holes of the impingement plate onto the print medium, and
- a piston that is displaceable relative to the impingement plate to a first position such that air blown by the blower is free to flow through a first portion of the plurality of holes and is restricted from flowing through a second portion of the plurality of holes by the piston.
A system for supplying heated air to ink printed on a print medium comprising:
- a heating chamber formed by an impingement plate having a plurality of holes, a top wall, and sidewalls connecting the impingement plate with the top wall,
- a heater for heating air in the heating chamber, and
- a blower for blowing heated air through the holes of the impingement plate onto the print medium, wherein
- a first of the sidewalls is displaceable relative to the plurality of holes on the impingement plate to adjust the length of the heating chamber, wherein the first sidewall is displaceable to a first position wherein air blown by the blower is free to flow through a first portion of the plurality of holes and is restricted from flowing through a second portion of the plurality of holes by the first sidewall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.