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Printhead maintenance facility with interchangeable stations

US7758149B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by

11References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · AU

Inventors

Christopher Hibbard · Sydney, AU
Geoffrey Philip Dyer · Sydney, AU
Paul Ian Mackey · Sydney, AU
Makomo Tsubono · Sydney, AU
Attila Bertok · Sydney, AU
Kia Silverbrook · Sydney, AU
Nicholas Kenneth Abraham · Sydney, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 16, 2008
Grant date	Jul 20, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 14, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J11/057
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printhead maintenance facility with a core that mounts in an inkjet printer for movement relative to an inkjet printhead. The core has a plurality of maintenance station mounting sites, each with engagement formations. The core also has a plurality of maintenance structures for operation with the printhead, the plurality of maintenance structures each being mountable to at least one other of the plurality of maintenance station mounting sites.

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