Patent ID: 11878507
Assignee: XEIKON MANUFACTURING N.V.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 18:
19. A printing apparatus comprising a cooling system for cooling a print medium moving in a movement direction through the printing apparatus, said cooling system comprising:
a cooling member with a support surface configured for supporting the print medium, said cooling member having a first end and a second end and said support surface extending in a lateral direction at an angle with respect to the movement direction between said first end and said second end; wherein the cooling member is provided with supply channels and return channels extending between the first and the second end; and
a fluid circulation means configured for supplying fluid through the supply channels from the first end to the second end, and back through the return channels from the second end to the first end;
wherein the cooling member comprises a peripheral portion and wherein the supply and return channels are distributed across the peripheral portion;
wherein the cooling member comprises a roller comprising the peripheral portion and a central portion; wherein preferably the central portion is at least partially hollow; and
wherein the supply and return channels comprise at least three supply channels and at least three return channels distributed along the circumference of the roller, and wherein at the second end, each supply channel of said at least three supply channels is connected to a return channel of said at least three return channels, said return channel being located in an opposite half of the roller at the second end as compared to the associated supply channel.