US Patent 9944081 Cleaning adapter and method for cleaning print heads

Patent 9944081 was granted and assigned to TILL (company) on April, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Patent Applicant

TILL (company)

Current Assignee

TILL (company)

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

9944081

Date of Patent

April 17, 2018

Patent Application Number

14917280

Date Filed

September 12, 2014

Patent Primary Examiner

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Jason Uhlenhake

Patent abstract

A cleaning adapter cleans print heads in an installation for the printing of containers. The installation includes a printing machine having an inkjet print head and a transport system that moves the containers to be printed. The container is moved past the print head and, in so doing, is printed with liquid printing inks. The cleaning adapter is designed in such a way that it is introducible into the transport system in place of one of the containers to be printed and is moveable to the print head for cleaning purposes. The cleaning adapter comprises a container which is hollow in portions and has an opening. The cleaning adapter, in regions thereof in which the transport system acts thereon during transport, has an external form corresponding to the containers to be printed, so that the cleaning adapter is configured to be positioned utilizing the transport system.