Patent ID: 11904601
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 5:
6. A curing module for a printer, the curing module comprising:
a first chamber comprising an air inlet and an air cleaning element to reduce the amount of a volatile compound comprised in air in the first chamber by oxidizing the volatile compound with a catalytic oxidizer;
a second chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber, the second chamber comprising an air outlet, the second chamber being to contain a medium printed with a printing fluid comprising the volatile compound during a curing process of the printing fluid in which the volatile compound in the printing fluid is evaporated into the air in the second chamber;
an air passage to enable air to flow from the air outlet of the second chamber to the air inlet of the first chamber;
an air flow generator to cause air to flow through the first chamber, subsequently through the second chamber, and along the air passage, such that air flowing through the first chamber at least partly comprises air exhausted from the air outlet of the second chamber; and
a temperature control system to detect a temperature of air flowing out of the first chamber or into the second chamber and to control operation of a heating element in dependence on the detected temperature.