Patent ID: 9555621
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A continuous printhead drop deflector system comprising: a gas flow duct including a wall, the wall including a porous member having pores through which liquid can flow; a liquid flow channel, the flow channel being separated from the gas flow duct by the porous member, the flow channel comprises; a) a first port for extracting liquid from a first portion of the liquid flow channel; b) a second port for supplying liquid to a second portion of the liquid flow channel; c) one or more paths in the liquid channel permitting fluid to flow from the second portion to the first portion; wherein liquid, supplied through the second port to the second portion of the liquid channel and through the one or more paths to the first portion of the liquid channel, contacts and wicks into the porous member before being extracted through the first port.