Inkjet Printer With Maintenance Assembly Having Non-Absorbent Roller
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsJohn Douglas Peter Morgan, Vesa Karppinen, Patrick John McAuliffe, Kia Silverbrook
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Abstract
An inkjet printer having a printhead maintenance assembly for maintaining a printhead in an operable condition. The maintenance assembly comprises a maintenance roller having an elastically-deformable non-absorbent contact surface for sealing engagement with an ink ejection face of the printhead. An engagement mechanism moves the roller between a first position in which the contact surface is sealingly engaged with the face and a second position in which the contact surface is disengaged from the face.
Claims20
An inkjet printer having a printhead maintenance assembly for maintaining a printhead in an operable condition, said maintenance assembly comprising:
- a maintenance roller having an elastically-deformable non-absorbent contact surface for sealing engagement with an ink ejection face of said printhead;
- an engagement mechanism for moving said roller between a first position in which said contact surface is sealingly engaged with said face, and a second position in which said contact surface is disengaged from said face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.