Ejector mechanism for a print engine
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsKia Silverbrook, Tobin Allen King, Garry Raymond Jackson
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Abstract
An ejector mechanism for a print engine includes a support member carrying a plurality of fluid conduits for feeding fluids from a source of each fluid to a printhead of the print engine, one of the fluid conduits being an air feed conduit for feeding air to the printhead. A seal is displaceably arranged relative to the support member for sealing inlet openings of the fluid conduits when the seal is in a first position. The seal is displaceable to a second position to expose the openings of the fluid conduits to place the fluid conduits in fluid communication with their respective sources of fluid. A coil spring acts on the seal for urging the seal to its first position.
Claims9
An ejector mechanism for a print engine, the ejector mechanism including
- a support member carrying a plurality of fluid conduits for feeding fluids from a source of each fluid to a printhead of the print engine, one of the fluid conduits being an air feed conduit for feeding air to the printhead;
- a sealing means displaceably arranged relative to the support member for sealing inlet openings of the fluid conduits when the sealing means is in a first position and the sealing means being displaceable to a second position to expose the openings of the fluid conduits to place the fluid conduits in fluid communication with their respective sources of fluids;
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- an urging means which acts on the sealing means for urging the sealing means to its first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.