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US 7,401,891 B2Granted
Printhead assembly incorporating a capping arrangement
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsKia Silverbrook, Tobin Allen King
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Abstract
A printhead assembly includes a support. At least one printhead is mounted on the support and has an array of inkjets. A capping system is mounted on the support for capping the inkjets. The capping system includes a cap for capping the inkjets and a moving arrangement for moving the cap so as to cap and uncap the inkjets.
Claims6
A printhead assembly that comprises
- a support;
- at least one printhead mounted on the support and having an array of inkjets;
- and
- a capping system mounted on the support for capping the inkjets, the capping system including:
- a cap for capping the inkjets;
- and
- a moving arrangement for moving the cap so as to cap and uncap the inkjets, in which the moving arrangement includes a biasing arrangement for biasing the cap toward an uncapped position, and in which the biasing arrangement includes a compression spring which is fast with and internal to the cap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.