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Device for cleaning wiper elements for an inkjet print head

US8888233B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3References

6Claims

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Assignee

Francotyp-Postalia GmbH · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Muhl · Hohen Neuendorf, DE
Axel Ortmann · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 14, 2009
Grant date	Nov 18, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 21, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07B2017/00556
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a device to clean wiper elements of an inkjet print head of an ink dispenser of a printing apparatus having a chassis, a maintenance station is mounted on the chassis to allow travel of the maintenance station in at least one direction that causes the maintenance station to move past the inkjet print head. The maintenance station carries wiper elements that wipe ink from the surface of the inkjet print head as the maintenance station moves past the inkjet print head. An ink uptake unit is mounted at the chassis at a position past which the maintenance station travels, after traveling past the inkjet print head. The ink uptake unit includes material that transfers ink from the wipers to the material.

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