Service station for ink-jet printer

Details Service station for ink-jet printer Service station for ink-jet printer

1997-04-08

1999-08-31

Le, N.

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Ejector mechanism

347 29, 347 22, 347 33, 347 36, 347 37, B41J 2165

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059460091

ABSTRACT:
A service station for an inkjet printer provides for wiping and sealing a nozzle of the printer's head as the head is moved to the printer's service zone from a printing zone by a carriage, includes a mobile head service having a wiper for cleaning the nozzle, a cap for sealing the nozzle, and a waste ink storage groove holding waste ink from the nozzle; a rotating member moving the mobile head servicer in the direction of the head's movement by the carriage's moving force; a lifting cam elevating the mobile head servicer rotating by the rotating member by stages so that the wiper and cap come in contact with the nozzle, thus scaling the nozzle; and restoring means making the mobile head servicer and rotating member return to their original neutral position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5394178 (1995-02-01), Grange
patent: 5801725 (1998-09-01), Neese et al

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