Incremental printing of symbolic information – Ink jet – Ejector mechanism
Patent
1995-03-28
1996-10-08
Barlow, Jr., John E.
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Ink jet
Ejector mechanism
347 32, B41J 2165
Patent
active
055636365
ABSTRACT:
Ink jet printhead primer apparatus including a resilient bellows having an upper end cap, a lower end cap, a capper having an opening supported by the upper end cap selective sealing engagement with a nozzle array of a printhead so that negative pressure produced in the opening of the upper end cap is communicated to the nozzles of the nozzle array, or with a conduit structure connected to the nozzles of the nozzle array. Displacement of the lower end cap is controlled by cam surfaces formed on the inner opposing surfaces of parallel plate-like gear sectors of a rotatable cam assembly having gear teeth that drive a flywheel. Cam edges on the gear sectors move a sliding cam member that moves the upper end cap between a retracted position and an extended position. Pursuant to rotation of the cam assembly in one direction and then in the opposite direction, negative pressure is produced at the capper opening as it is engaged with the nozzle array of the cartridge to be primed or with the conduit structure connected to the nozzle array, ink suctioning negative pressure is produced, and the capper is disengaged from the nozzle array or the conduit structure while negative pressure continues to be maintained at the opening of the capper.
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Bauer Stephen W.
Glassett Kevin L.
Barlow Jr. John E.
Hewlett--Packard Company
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