US 12,151,488 B2
Thermal inkjet printer with integrated cooling
Shiva Basant Kabra, Mumbai (IN); Sunil Sadanand Wakade, Mumbai (IN); and Rajender Choudhary, Mumbai (IN)
Assigned to CONTROL PRINT LIMITED, (IN)
Appl. No. 17/800,190
Filed by CONTROL PRINT LIMITED, Maharashtra (IN)
PCT Filed Feb. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/051485
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/165937, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202021007362 (IN), filed on Feb. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0062172 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 29/377 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 29/377 (2013.01) [H05K 7/20263 (2013.01); H05K 7/20272 (2013.01); B41J 2/17513 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal inkjet printer with integrated cooling having a print head assembly (1) comprising:
a print head (3);
a cartridge chamber (2) mounted on said print head (3); and
a cooling system;
wherein,
said cooling system comprises a cooling block (7), at least one temperature sensor (8), a plurality of coolant tubes (9), a peltier (10), a radiator fan (16) and an insulation block (11);
said cartridge chamber (2) and said radiator fan (16) in connection with said plurality of coolant tubes (9) are plugged in and sealed to said print head (3) to provide an airtight chamber thus preventing condensation of air and heat losses in to atmosphere;
said cooling block (7) maintains temperature of a fluid inside said cartridge chamber (2) to prevent dryness in said fluid;
said radiator fan (16) with said coolant tubes (9) acts as a heat sink that releases heat into the atmosphere;
a temperature controller (12) regulates switching of said peltier (10) by comparing a detected temperature of said fluid received from said temperature sensor (8) with a predefined temperature that maintains an evaporation rate of said fluid and provides a differential temperature; and
said cooling system minimizes condensation of water droplets in humid environment and prevents heat losses in to said atmosphere by said airtight chamber.