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

Claim 19:
20. 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 fluid circulation means comprises a first coupling flange connected to the first end and a second coupling flange connected to the second end; wherein the first coupling flange comprises a central inlet dividing in inlet branches connected to the supply channels, and an outlet dividing in outlet branches connected to the return lines, and wherein the outlet is coaxial with the inlet; and
wherein the second coupling flange comprises connecting channels for connecting each supply channel to at least one return channel of the return channels, wherein the connecting channels are arranged such that each supply channel ending in a first half of the cooling member is connected to a return channel starting in an opposite half of the cooling member.