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US 12,370,800 B2Granted
Add-on module for a disposable printer cartridge and a printer
AssigneeMevam BV
InventorMeindert de Groot
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Abstract
Add-on module suitable to receive and hold a disposable printer cartridge that is provided with inkjet nozzles, which disposable printer cartridge is equipped for placement in a printer, and wherein the add-on module is a disposable and independent item without forming a constructional part of the printer, and wherein the add-on module comprises at least one of capping means and wiping means that are arranged for capping and wiping respectively of said inkjet nozzles of the printer cartridge.
Claims17
An add-on module to a printer, the add-on module comprising:
- a disposable frame suitable to receive and hold a disposable printer cartridge comprising inkjet nozzles, which disposable printer cartridge is equipped for placement within the disposable frame and the disposable frame, together with the disposable printer cartridge received in the disposable frame, equipped for placement in the printer;
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- capping means disposed on a first door mounted on the disposable frame, the first door opens to permit access for the printer cartridge to pass through an opening, the capping means arranged for capping the inkjet nozzles of the printer cartridge, and wherein the capping means comprise a nozzle seal comprising a cap, mounted on the first door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.