System and method for servicing non-scanning printhead
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPetrica Dorinel Balcan, Mark Mcgarry
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Abstract
A system for servicing a non-scanning printhead includes a servicing plate, a servicing component mounted on the servicing plate and adapted to service the non-scanning printhead, and a drive system adapted to move the servicing plate between a storage position and a service position such that the servicing component is spaced from the non-scanning printhead when the servicing plate is in the storage position and the servicing component is adapted to service the non-scanning printhead when the servicing plate is in the service position.
Claims29
A system for servicing a non-scanning printhead supported by a printhead mounting plate, the system comprising:
- a servicing plate;
- a servicing component mounted on the servicing plate and adapted to service the non-scanning printhead;
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- a drive system including a drive block, a drive element, and a drive feature, the drive block connected to the servicing plate and adapted to move the servicing plate relative to the printhead mounting plate, the drive element adapted to interact with the drive feature to move the servicing plate between a storage position and a service position relative to the non-scanning printhead
- wherein the servicing component is spaced from the non-scanning printhead when the servicing plate is in the storage position and the servicing component is adapted to service the non-scanning printhead when the servicing plate is in the service position, and
- wherein the drive element includes a cam follower and the drive feature includes a cam slot adapted to receive the cam follower, wherein the cam slot is formed in the printhead mounting plate and the cam follower is secured to the drive block.
A system for servicing a non-scanning printhead supported by a printhead mounting plate, the system comprising:
- a servicing plate;
- a servicing component mounted on the servicing plate and adapted to service the non-scanning printhead;
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- a drive system including a drive block, a drive element, and a drive feature, the drive block connected to the servicing plate and adapted to move the servicing plate relative to the printhead mounting plate, the drive element adapted to interact with the drive feature to move the servicing plate between a storage position and a service position relative to the non-scanning printhead,
- wherein the servicing component is spaced from the non-scanning printhead when the servicing plate is in the storage position and the servicing component is adapted to service the non-scanning printhead when the servicing plate is in the service position, and
- wherein the drive element includes a cam follower and the drive feature includes a cam slot adapted to receive the cam follower, wherein the cam slot is formed in the drive block and the cam follower is secured to the printhead mounting plate.
A printing system, comprising:
- a printhead mounting plate;
- a non-scanning printhead supported by the printhead mounting plate;
- a servicing plate movably connected to the printhead mounting plate;
- a servicing component mounted on the servicing plate and adapted to service the non-scanning printhead;
- and
- a drive system adapted to move the servicing plate between a storage position and a service position relative to the printhead mounting plate,
- wherein the servicing plate is recessed within the printhead mounting plate when the servicing plate is in the storage position, and wherein the servicing plate is spaced from the printhead mounting plate when the servicing plate is in the service position.
A method of servicing a non-scanning printhead, the method comprising:
- supporting the non-scanning printhead with a printhead mounting plate;
- movably connecting a servicing plate with the printhead mounting plate;
- mounting a first servicing component on the servicing plate;
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- moving the servicing plate between a storage position recessed within the printhead mounting plate and a first service position spaced from to printhead mounting plate, including servicing the non-scanning printhead with the first servicing component when the servicing plate is in the first service position.
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