US 11,884,063 B2
Friction reduction system and method
Helena Chechik, Rehovot (IL); Shoham Livaderu, Moshav Sitriyya (IL); Matan Bar-On, Hod Hasharon (IL); and Zohar Goldenstein, Nes Ziona (IL)
Assigned to LANDA CORPORATION LTD., Rehovot (IL)
Filed by LANDA CORPORATION LTD., Rehovot (IL)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/117,423.
Application 18/117,423 is a continuation of application No. 17/694,702, filed on Mar. 15, 2022, granted, now 11,623,440.
Application 17/694,702 is a continuation of application No. 17/279,539, granted, now 11,318,734, issued on May 3, 2022, previously published as PCT/IB2019/058380, filed on Oct. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/742,531, filed on Oct. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0278328 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/01 (2013.01) [B41J 2/2103 (2013.01); B41J 11/005 (2013.01); B41J 2002/012 (2013.01); B41P 2213/46 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning system for use with a printing system, said printing system comprising an intermediate transfer member (ITM) and a guiding arrangement of the printing system configured to guide the ITM, said printing system configured to (i) print images onto a surface of said ITM, (ii) rotate said ITM so as to move said printed images, and (iii) transfer said printed images from said ITM surface to substrate, the cleaning system comprising:
a fluid reservoir mounted within said printing system, said fluid reservoir configured to store a quantity of cleaning fluid;
a fluid depositing arrangement disposed at at least one position along the ITM; and
a control mechanism, adapted to control depositing of cleaning fluid, from said fluid depositing arrangement onto said guiding arrangement or onto at least a portion of said ITM, such that said depositing of said cleaning fluid occurs during at least one of said printing, said rotation and said transferring.