公开(公告)号：US07347542B2

公开(公告)日：2008-03-25

申请号：US10877301

申请日：2004-06-25

申请人： Ronald Larry Nichols ,  Andrew Wayne Hays ,  Scott J. Phillips ,  Tallam I. Nguti

发明人： Ronald Larry Nichols ,  Andrew Wayne Hays ,  Scott J. Phillips ,  Tallam I. Nguti

IPC分类号： B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17593 ,  B41J2/185 ,  B41J2002/1728

摘要： A method for disposing of waste ink from an image producing machine (10) is provided. The machine (10) includes a printhead (32) that ejects ink in its liquid form from a face (32a) of the printhead (32), the ink being phase change ink existing in liquid form above a melting temperature and in solid form below the melting temperature. The method includes: catching waste ink from the printhead (32) in a gutter (34); heating the gutter (34) to a temperature above the melting temperature; and, flowing the waste ink from the gutter (34) into a collection container (38) where it is allowed to solidify.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种从图像生成机（10）处理废墨的方法。 机器（10）包括从打印头（32）的表面（32a）喷射其液体形式的墨水的打印头（32），所述墨水是以熔融温度和固态形式存在的液体形式的相变墨 低于熔化温度。 该方法包括：从沟槽（34）中的打印头（32）捕获废墨; 将沟槽（34）加热到高于熔融温度的温度; 并且将废墨水从沟槽（34）流入收集容器（38）中，在该收集容器（38）中允许其固化。