Patent ID: 9259767
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: B08B,B41J

Claim Text:
1. An ink head cleaning system, comprising: a cleaning device and an ink residue cleaning element; said ink residue cleaning element removing ink residues from a print head, said cleaning element having an edge with an adjacent border region where the removed ink residues are collected, said border region being part of and located at one end of a surface to be cleaned on the cleaning element, said cleaning element having another end opposite said one end; said cleaning device comprising a fluid spray nozzle directing a fluid spray during a cleaning interval in a first direction onto said border region of the cleaning element adjacent said edge; said cleaning device further comprising a gaseous medium flow nozzle directing a gaseous medium flow in a second direction substantially different than said first direction substantially toward but above said edge and onto and across said border region to blow the cleaning fluid and collected ink residues from said border region across remaining portions of said surface adjacent said border region to be cleaned such that a mixture of said cleaning fluid with said collected ink residues exits said surface to be cleaned at said another end of said surface to be cleaned opposite said one end; and said cleaning device further comprising a capturing unit arranged after said surface to be cleaned as viewed in a flow direction of a gaseous medium flow for collecting said mixture of said ink residues and cleaning fluid exiting at said another end.