公开(公告)号：US12187038B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-07

申请号：US17788389

申请日：2020-12-21

Applicant: VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Inventor： Robert Smith ,  Philip John Blowfield

IPC: B41J2/165 ,  B41J2/035

Abstract: A method of operating a continuous inkjet printer (1). The printer comprise a printhead. The printhead comprises a droplet generator (16) comprising a printing nozzle (17) for ejecting an ink jet for printing, at least one electrode (22, 23) for steering the inkjet, and a gutter (18) having an ink receiving orifice (24) for receiving parts of the ink jet which are not used for printing. The method comprises performing a cleaning operation. Said cleaning operation comprises: ejecting a solvent jet from the printing nozzle towards the gutter; and causing at least a portion of the solvent jet to contact at least a part of the gutter (18) surrounding the orifice (24) for cleaning said part of the gutter surrounding the orifice.

公开(公告)号：US10226937B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-12

申请号：US15342647

申请日：2016-11-03

Applicant: Videojet Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Matthew Tomlin ,  Carl Mann ,  Philip John Blowfield

IPC: B41J2/175

Abstract: A method for measuring the volume of liquid, such as ink or solvent, remaining in a container, such as a replacement cartridge for a continuous ink jet printer, uses a reservoir enclosing an internal space having a variable volume for storage. The reservoir is adapted to provide a reduction in the pressure of the internal space, the reduction substantially monotonically increasing in magnitude as liquid is drawn into the printer, such that the volume of liquid remaining may be calculated from knowledge of the minimum withdrawal pressure required to draw further liquid from the reservoir into the printer. Containers for use with the method have a liquid dispensing port adapted to allow liquid to be dispensed when a withdrawal pressure at the exterior of the port is less than the pressure of the internal space and adapted to prevent the ingress of air into the internal space of the reservoir as liquid is dispensed.