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Printhead maintenance facility with inner and outer chassis

US7771002B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4References

20Claims

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Assignee

Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · AU

Inventors

Paul Ian Mackey · Sydney, AU
Attila Bertok · Sydney, AU
Kia Silverbrook · Sydney, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 16, 2008
Grant date	Aug 10, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 16, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J2/16547
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printhead maintenance facility for an inkjet printer having a pagewidth printhead and a media path for feeding sheets of media substrate in a media feed direction, wherein the pagewidth printhead has an elongate array of nozzles extending the printing width of the media substrate. The printhead maintenance facility has an inner chassis for mounting in the printer such that it can rotate about its longitudinal axis, an outer chassis mounted to the inner chassis, the outer chassis having a plurality of maintenance station mounting sites and a plurality of maintenance stations mounted to the outer chassis.

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