US 12,138,933 B2
Print head connector assembly
Salhadin Omer, Cambridge (GB); and Ben Tuncay Arslan, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to Videojet Technologies Inc., Wood Dale, IL (US)
Appl. No. 17/057,717
Filed by VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC., Wood Dale, IL (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/053620
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/141313, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1900123 (GB), filed on Jan. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0197570 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/175 (2013.01) [B41J 2/14 (2013.01); B41J 2002/14491 (2013.01)] 41 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A print head connector assembly for a printer, the print head connector assembly comprising:
a first component connectable to an umbilical conduit at a first port;
a second component connectable to a print head at a second port, wherein one of the first component and the second component defines a print head connection axis at the second port and an other of the first component and the second component defines an axis of rotation;
an adjustment assembly between the first component and the second component for adjusting the print head connector assembly into a plurality of configurations, wherein each of the plurality of configurations has a respective rotational relationship between the first component and the second component, and wherein in each of the plurality of configurations the print head connection axis and the axis of rotation are substantially parallel and aligned; and
a locking component that is axially displaceable along the axis of rotation for locking the print head connector assembly in each of the plurality of configurations, the locking component having a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration;
wherein the print head connector assembly defines an enclosed volume between the first port and the second port;
wherein at least one of the first component and the second component comprises an open section between two edges, the locking component being disposed at the open section and being at least partially receivable in the open section to urge the two edges outwardly away from one another;
wherein in the locked configuration the at least one of the first component and the second component comprising the open section is urgeable into engagement with the other of the first component and the second component by outward displacement of the two edges by the locking component, to secure the first component and the second component in that rotational position;
wherein at least two continuous fluid connections are provided between the first port and the second port, each continuous fluid connection being provided by a respective port conduit of the print head connector assembly which extends through the first component and the second component between the first port and the second port; and
wherein the locking component comprises a through hole for receiving a fastening member therethrough.