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US 6,585,351 B2Granted
Angular wiping system for inkjet printheads
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsTakaaki Nakagawa, Richard J. Gerth
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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsTakaaki Nakagawa, Richard J. Gerth
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An angular wiping system is provided for removing ink residue from an inkjet printhead installed in an inkjet printing mechanism. By canting a wiper blade in opposite directions as the blade moves through a bi-directional wiping stroke, a nozzle portion of the ink-ejecting orifice plate is wiped on both passes of the blade. A pair of non-ink-ejecting side cheeks of the orifice plate laying on opposite sides of the nozzle portion are each wiped once during the bi-directional wiping stroke, with one cheek being wiped while the blade travels in a first direction, and the other cheek being wiped when the blade travels in a direction opposite to the first direction. An inkjet printing mechanism having the angular wiping system and method of wiping using this system are also provided.
An angular wiping system for removing ink residue from a printhead in an inkjet printing mechanism, wherein the printhead has ink-ejecting nozzles arranged in a linear array, comprising:
A method of cleaning ink residue from a printhead in an inkjet printing mechanism where the printhead has ink-ejecting nozzles arranged in a linear array, comprising:
An inkjet printing mechanism, comprising:
A method of cleaning ink residue from a printhead in an inkjet printing mechanism where the printhead has ink-ejecting nozzles arranged in a linear array, comprising:
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