Printhead maintenance station with curved contact pad
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsJohn Douglas Peter Morgan, Kia Silverbrook, Christopher Hibbard, Bruce Gordon Holyoake
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Abstract
A printhead maintenance station is provided for an inkjet printer. The maintenance station includes an elongate housing defining internal slots at either end. An elongate support arm assembly can be complementarily received within the slots. The support arm assembly is able to slide within the slots and also defines a pad recess. A pad is received in the recess and has a contact surface defining a curved profile that can be brought into contact with an ink ejection face of a printhead.
Claims8
A printhead maintenance station for an inkjet printer, the maintenance station comprising:
- an elongate housing defining internal slots at either end;
- an elongate support arm assembly which can be complementarily received within the slots, the support arm assembly able to slide linearly within the slots and defining a pad recess;
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- a pad received in the recess and having a contact surface defining a curved profile that can be brought into contact with an ink ejection face of a printhead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.