US 11,807,012 B2
Ink circuit with several modular units
Matthieu Bardin, Chatuzange le Goubet (FR); Vincent Audouard, Toulaud (FR); Thomas Marzano, Romans-sur-Isère (FR); and Francis Pourtier, Charmes sur Rhône (FR)
Assigned to DOVER EUROPE SÀRL, Vernier (CH)
Filed by DOVER EUROPE SÀRL, Vernier (CH)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/646,318.
Claims priority of application No. 20306711 (EP), filed on Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0203689 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/1707 (2013.01) [B41J 2/17596 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ink circuit of a continuous inkjet printer, comprising:
a first part of said ink circuit comprising means for providing a print head of said CIJ printer with ink and solvent;
a second part of said ink circuit comprising a first single-block assembly comprising at least part of at least a first pump and a second single-block assembly comprising at least one filter, and each of said assemblies further comprising:
a housing having at least one fluid inlet and at least one fluid outlet,
fluid connections to allow fluids to flow from said at least one fluid inlet, to said at least part of a first pump or said filter and then to said at least one fluid outlet,
means for mounting and disassembling said first single-block assembly and said second single-block assembly to and from said first part of said ink circuit, independently from each other.