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Waste ink separator for ink jet printer maintenance system

  • US 5,329,306 A
  • Filed: 11/12/1992
  • Issued: 07/12/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A waste ink separator for use in an ink jet printer maintenance station, comprising:

  • a rigid chamber body having sidewalls surrounding and extending from a top wall, the top wall having an inlet and an outlet and an interior surface with a plurality of ribs thereon;

    a flexible bottom floor being sealably attached to the sidewalls and having a material providing a high moisture vapor transfer rate for the transfer of moisture therethrough and evaporization therefrom; and

    a foam material being placed in the separator and sandwiched between the bottom floor and ribs of the top wall, so that the ribs produce a flow path from the inlet to the outlet.

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