US 12,227,009 B2
Printer for printing plate-like print media, cleaning device for the printer and method for servicing the printer
Markus Dahlmann, Rheda-Wiedenbrück (DE); Thorsten Bornefeld, Schlangen (DE); Rico Schindler, Porta Westfalica (DE); René Manke, Bielefeld (DE); and Thomas Köster, Schlangen (DE)
Assigned to Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG, (DE)
Appl. No. 17/626,190
Filed by Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG, Detmold (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/069201
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/008955, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019118989.6 (DE), filed on Jul. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0242127 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/16508 (2013.01) [B41J 3/407 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16594 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printer for printing print media used for marking electrical appliances, connectors, and cables, comprising
(a) a printing unit including at least one print head for inkjet printing the print media, said printing unit being movable in and counter to a conveying direction;
(b) a cleaning unit for cleaning said print head and including
(i) a cleansing device for extracting ink from said print head in an extraction direction, said cleansing device including pipes having free ends for delivering extracted ink;
(ii) a collecting device having a collecting container for collecting extracted ink from said cleansing device pipe free ends when said pipe free ends are arranged in said collecting container; and
(iii) a driving device for moving the cleansing device into one of a plurality of operating positions including an exchanging position resulting from movement of said cleansing device relative to said collecting device in a direction opposite to said extraction direction, said pipe free ends being automatically removed from said collecting container during movement of said cleansing device to the exchanging position, said collecting device being removable from the printer when said cleansing device is in the exchanging position.