Carriage for ink jet printer
US4940998A · kind A · utility
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5Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 4, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2202/19
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A carriage (66) of an ink jet printer (60) mounts multiple print heads (10) in a non-colinear arrangement. Preferably, the carriage (66) provides four print head pockets (80) disposed at the corners of a rectangle, each of which pockets (80) receives one of the print heads (10). The print heads (10) are precisely located in the pockets (80), and two print heads (10) pass over alternating swaths of the printing medium during each traverse of the carriage (66). Each print head (10) ejects one or more colors in a pattern of dots during each pass.
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