Inkjet printing system with liftable print head chassis and slidable ink blades

US9139031B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Memjet Technology Limited · IE

Inventors

• Mark Profaca · Chatswood, AU
• Julian Paul Kolodko · Sydney, AU
• William John Stacey · Sydney, AU
• Stephen John Sleijpen · Sydney, AU
• Craig Donald Strudwicke · Sydney, AU
• Neil Fyfe Edwards · Sydney, AU
• Lance Thomas Brown · Chatswood, AU
• Toby Desmond Oste · Chatswood, AU
• Eric Patrick O'Donnell · Sydney, AU
• Peter John Morley Sobey · Sydney, AU
• David Bernardi · Chatswood, AU
• James Philip Andrew · Fawn Drive, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 16, 2015
• Grant date: Sep 22, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 16, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J2202/20
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An inkjet printing system includes: a printer frame; a print head chassis mounted on the printer frame, the print head chassis supporting a plurality of print head cartridges, each print head cartridge having a longitudinal axis extending across a direction of print media propagation, each print head cartridge being spaced apart along the direction of print media propagation, and each print head cartridge having a respective monochrome inkjet printhead; a lift mechanism for lifting and lowering the print head chassis relative to the printer frame; and a plurality of ink blades slidably received in respective docking slots of the printer frame. Each ink blade includes a blade chassis and an ink reservoir mounted on the blade chassis, the ink reservoir being in fluid communication with a respective printhead.