System and method for maintaining solid ink printheads
US7347527B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/16544
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A maintenance assembly and method for insulating printer/copier solid ink printheads. The maintenance assembly includes a car movably supported for travel along a maintenance path interposed between a first printhead and an ink receiving surface from a home position to a completion position and a wiper extending from the car for wiping the printhead front faces as the car moves along the path. The method includes moving a car having a wiper extending therefrom along a maintenance path interposed between the printhead front faces and the ink receiving surface parallel to the front faces for wiping the first and second printhead front faces.
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