Ink storage apparatus having an agitator for a printing system
AssigneeOce-Technologies B.V.
InventorsLamberdina J. A. M. Driessen-Olde Scheper, Johannes H. L. Smeyers
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Abstract
An ink storage apparatus and an agitator device in a printing system having at least one agitator member rotatable about an axis, wherein the agitator member includes a plurality of fin elements that extend out of a primary plane of the agitator member. The agitator member includes a paddle element having a generally planar rectangular configuration, and a plurality of fin elements that extend out of a plane of the paddle element. The ink storage apparatus has at least one ink container defining a storage volume for holding a predetermined volume of printing ink, and the agitator device is arranged within the storage volume of the ink container for agitating the ink.
Claims18
An agitator device for an ink storage apparatus in a printing system, comprising:
- at least one agitator member which is configured to rotate about an axis,
- wherein the agitator member includes a plurality of fin elements which are mounted and supported on transverse pin members fixed in a primary plane of the agitator member, and
- wherein said fin elements are configured or arranged to extend out of the primary plane of the agitator member.
An ink storage apparatus for a printing system, comprising:
- at least one ink container defining a storage volume for holding a predetermined volume of printing ink;
- and
- an agitator device arranged within the storage volume of the ink container for agitating the ink,
- wherein the agitator device comprises at least one agitator member which is configured to rotate about an axis,
- wherein the agitator member includes a plurality of fin elements which are mounted and supported on transverse pin members fixed in a primary plane of the agitator member, and
- wherein said fin elements are configured or arranged to extend out of the primary plane of the agitator member.
An agitator device for in an ink storage apparatus, comprising at least one ink container defining a storage volume for holding a predetermined volume of printing ink,
- wherein the agitator device comprises at least one agitator member which is configured to rotate about an axis,
- wherein the agitator member includes a plurality of fin elements which are mounted and supported on transverse pin members fixed in a primary plane of the agitator member, and
- wherein said fin elements are configured or arranged to extend out of the primary plane of the agitator member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.