CATCHER FOR COLLECTING INK FROM NON-PRINTED DROPS

• Main Authors: Rike Charles D, Hsu Chang-Fang, Simon Robert J, Clark Seth C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.12.2016
• Subjects: CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

A catcher (42) for collecting ink from non-printed drops and returning the ink to a fluid reservoir (40), the catcher includes a flow channel (47) having a plurality of branches (110); a structure to split a portion of each branch into two parallel sections to permit fluid to pass through either sec...