Supply fluid from a fluid chamber to a porous wipe material to wipe a printhead
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMauricio SERAS FRANZOSO, Marta COMA VIVES, Antonio GRACIA VERDUGO
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Abstract
A cleaning module includes an actuator device, a fluid chamber, and a wiper member. The actuator device may enter an activation state based on a movement of at least a portion of the actuator device in response to an engagement with the printhead. The fluid chamber may store and supply fluid to the porous wipe material in response to the activation state of the actuator device. The wiper member may apply pressure to a porous wipe material including the fluid therein to wipe the printhead.
Claims15
A cleaning module usable with a printhead of a printing system, the cleaning module comprising:
- an actuator device having a first fluid channel therein, the actuator device to enter an activation state based on a movement of at least a portion of the actuator device in response to an engagement with the printhead;
- a second fluid channel in fluid communication with the actuator device;
- a fluid chamber to store fluid and coupled to the second fluid channel, the fluid chamber to selectively supply the fluid through the second fluid channel and the first fluid channel to a porous wipe material in response to the activation state of the actuator device;
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- a wiper member to apply pressure to the porous wipe material including the fluid therein to wipe the printhead.
A printing system, comprising:
- a printhead to apply a respective printing fluid during a print event and a service event;
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- a cleaning module, including:
- a main housing including a main chamber to receive and store the respective printing fluid applied by the printhead during the service event;
- an actuator device having a first fluid channel therein, the actuator device to enter an activation state based on a movement of at least a portion of the actuator device in response to an engagement with the printhead;
- a wipe transport assembly to move a porous wipe material across the wiper member, at least a portion of the wipe transport assembly disposed in the main chamber;
- a fluid chamber disposed in the main chamber and hermetically-sealed to store distilled water, the fluid chamber to selectively supply the distilled water through the first fluid channel to the porous wipe material in response to the activation state of the actuator device;
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- a wiper member to apply pressure to the porous wipe material including the distilled water therein to wipe the printhead.
A method of cleaning a printhead of a printing system, the method comprising:
- engaging an actuator member of an actuator device with a printhead;
- entering an activation state of the actuator device based on a movement of the actuator member in response to an engagement between the actuator member and the printhead;
- supplying fluid from a fluid chamber to a porous wipe material in response to the activation state of the actuator device;
- applying pressure to a wiper member by a resilient member to apply pressure to the porous wipe material including the fluid therein to wipe the printhead;
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- decreasing a perimeter of the fluid chamber in response to the supplying the fluid from the fluid chamber to the porous wipe material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.