Liquid ink printer including a maintenance system

Details Liquid ink printer including a maintenance system Liquid ink printer including a maintenance system

1996-07-01

1998-05-26

Hecker, Stuart N.

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Ejector mechanism

347 30, B41J 2165

Patent

active

057573980

ABSTRACT:
A liquid ink printer forming images on a recording medium including a liquid ink printhead movable between a printing position and a maintenance position and a maintenance arrangement, located at the maintenance position, including a driver, a first mechanism, and a second mechanism. The driver is coupled to the first mechanism and to the second mechanism and moves in a first direction to actuate the first mechanism and in a second direction to actuate the second mechanism. The driver includes a stepper motor having a single shaft coupled to the first mechanism and to the second mechanism through a unidirectional clutch. The first mechanism, such as a cam bank or rotary valve, is actuated by the stepper motor moving in a first direction, and the second mechanism, such as a vacuum pump is actuated by the stepper motor moving in a second direction.

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