Patent ID: 6935721

Claim:
A maintenance module for a fluid jet device, comprising: a first plate defining a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the plate having a plurality of orifices formed therein extending parallel to the longitudinal axis inwardly of longitudinal edges of the first plate, the first plate including a vacuum opening formed therein at about a transverse edge of the first plate, the vacuum opening formed perpendicular to a plane defined by the longitudinal and transverse axes; and a second plate affixed to the first plate, the second plate defining a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the second plate having an elongated channel therein extending over the first plate orifices so that the orifices are exposed through the elongated channel, the channel defined by opposing longitudinal edges extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, the channel terminating at about an end thereof at an arcuate funneling region, the second plate overlying the first plate such that the funneling region extends generally along an edge of the vacuum opening.