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Printhead with exterior surface profiled for wiping maintenance station

US7832838B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · AU

Inventors

Vesa Karppinen · Sydney, AU
John Douglas Peter Morgan · Sydney, AU
Michael John Hudson · Sydney, AU
Asanga Gunatilake · Sydney, AU
Laval Chung-Long-Shan · Sydney, AU
Martin Tiong We Tay · Sydney, AU
Akira Nakazawa · Yokohama, JP
Norman Micheal Berry · Sydney, AU
Garry Raymond Jackson · Sydney, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 16, 2008
Grant date	Nov 16, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 17, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J2202/20
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printhead assembly with an elongate printhead IC having a nozzle face defining an array of nozzles, and a support structure for supporting the elongate printhead IC on an external surface such that its length is transverse to a media feed direction through the printer. The external surface has a section that is flush with a long side edge of the elongate printhead IC.

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