公开(公告)号：US20220363060A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-17

申请号：US17647780

申请日：2022-01-12

Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.

Inventor： Daihua ZHANG ,  Kang LUO ,  Kazuya DAITO ,  Kenneth S. LEDFORD ,  Elsa MASSONNEAU ,  Alexey STEPANOV ,  Ludovic GODET ,  Mahendran CHIDAMBARAM ,  Visweswaren SIVARAMAKRISHNAN ,  Bahubali S. UPADHYE ,  Hemantha RAJU

IPC: B41J2/165

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to an inkjet service station and methods of servicing an inkjet printer with the inkjet service station. The inkjet service station is disposed in an inkjet printer of an inkjet chamber. The inkjet service station is operable to perform servicing operations on a processing apparatus of the inkjet printer. The servicing operations include at least one of printhead spitting, printhead purging, printhead flushing, printhead cleaning, printhead drying, or vacuum suction.

公开(公告)号：US20220355589A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：US17647791

申请日：2022-01-12

Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.

Inventor： Daihua ZHANG ,  Kazuya DAITO ,  Kang LUO ,  Elsa MASSONNEAU ,  Alexey STEPANOV ,  Ludovic GODET

IPC: B41J2/165

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for a fluid management system and a method of utilizing the fluid management system. The fluid management system includes a servicing fluid management system and an ink management system. The servicing fluid management system and the ink management system run in parallel within an inkjet chamber. The ink management system supports the flow of inkjet materials between a waste tank, one or more inkjet material supply tanks, an ink management module, and the inkjet printer. The servicing fluid management system supports the flow of servicing fluids between the waste tank, one or more servicing fluid supply tanks, a servicing fluid management module, and the inkjet printer.