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Pen tip cleaning assembly of plotter

US4621428A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateJan 22, 1985
Grant dateNov 11, 1986
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D15/00
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A pen tip cleaning assembly of a plotter for performing drawing with a drawing needle pen held by a pen carriage, is provided wherein a two-dimensional pad of an elastic material is disposed in a drawing surface so as to allow insertion of a pen tip of the drawing needle pen, and the pen tip is moved relative to the two-dimensional pad, whereby the pen tip is cleaned every time the pen tip is inserted in a clean portion of the two-dimensional pad.

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