Protective and cleaning device for writing heads in ink recorder devices

US4112435A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Erich Kattner · Munich, DE
• Guenter Rosenstock · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 16, 1977
• Grant date: Sep 5, 1978
• Expiry date: Feb 16, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J29/17
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A protective and cleaning combination shield and wiper for ink jet recording device writing heads is provided which consists of a shield member mounted on the writing head and movable between a blocking position in front of the orifices of the writing head and an operating position spaced from and clear of the orifices. The shield is equipped with a resilient wiping arm which wipes across the face of the writing head during movement between the positions.