US 12,343,982 B2
Inkjet printing device for printing with ink to a recording medium in the form of a web
Stefan Mayr, Reichertshausen (DE); Mehrad Biglari, Munich (DE); and Stephan Pilsl, Röhrmoos (DE)
Assigned to Canon Production Printing Holding B.V., Venlo (NL)
Appl. No. 18/283,599
Filed by Canon Production Printing Holding B.V., Venlo (NL)
PCT Filed Mar. 16, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/056823
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 22, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/200147, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 107 461.4 (DE), filed on Mar. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0165968 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 15/08 (2006.01); B41J 29/377 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/00216 (2021.01) [B41J 2/16517 (2013.01); B41J 15/08 (2013.01); B41J 29/377 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inkjet printing device for printing with ink to a recording medium in a form of a web, comprising:
a printing unit comprising a plurality of print bars that respectively have one or more print heads;
a transfer printing sled configured to guide the recording medium, which transfer printing sled is configured to be moved into and out of a space below the printing unit of a printing module; and
at least one cleaning element configured to clean at least one print head of the printing unit,
wherein, in a print operation state, the transfer printing sled is arranged in the space and guides the recording medium during printing,
wherein, in a maintenance operation state, the transfer printing sled is moved out of the space,
wherein the recording medium is moved together with the transfer printing sled given a movement of said transfer printing sled from the print operation state into the maintenance operation state and from the maintenance operation state into the print operation state, and
wherein, in the transport direction of the recording medium, the at least one cleaning element is arranged laterally next to the space in the print operation state and in the space in the maintenance operation state.