Patent ID: 6481046
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An apparatus for cleaning ink from an outer surface of an endless transport belt of an inkjet printer, said apparatus being arranged along the transport belt downstream of an inkjet printing device, the apparatus comprising:a pressure nozzle having inner and outer walls to define an air flow channel through which compressed air is applied onto the outer surface of the transport belt; and a suction nozzle (1) arranged centrally in the pressure nozzle to extract an ink-air mixture produced by the compressed air and (2) being formed by the inner walls of the suction nozzle the outer walls of the pressure nozzle are inclined peripherally inwardly toward the suction nozzle in order to reduce the cross section, the outer walls projecting toward the outer surface of the transport belt beyond the suction nozzle.