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US 8,984,764 B2Granted
Ink curing apparatus
AssigneeGEW (EC) Limited
InventorsMalcolm Rae, James Hicks
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Abstract
An ink curing apparatus (11) comprising a UV light source (13); at least one moveable shutter means (17, 17a), which is moveable about the longitudinal axis of the UV light source (13); and at least one reflector (15); wherein at least one air passage (19a) is defined along substantially the entire surface area of the or each reflector (15).
Claims10
An ink curing apparatus comprising a UV light source;
- at least one moveable shutter, which is moveable about the longitudinal axis of the UV light source;
- and at least one reflector;
- wherein at least one air passage is defined along substantially the entire surface area of the rear face of said at least one reflector, wherein the at least one air passage also passes along a substantial part of the surface area of said at least one shutter, such that the apparatus is cooled when a said shutter is both open and closed, and wherein each reflector is connectable to a shutter and an air passage is defined between each shutter and the reflector to which it is connected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.