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US 7,465,014 B2Granted
Printhead capping device with an elastomeric seal
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsKia Silverbrook, Tobin Allen King
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Abstract
The invention relates to a capping device for a printhead. The capping device includes a metal body having a U-shaped transverse profile and defining a plurality of holes in a portion thereof. An elastomeric seal is attached to an inside surface of one leg of the metal body, said seal keyed to the metal body by the holes.
Claims7
A capping device for a printhead, the capping device comprising:
- a metal body having a U-shaped transverse profile and defining a plurality of holes in a portion thereof;
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- an elastomeric seal attached to an inside surface of one leg of the metal body, said seal keyed to the metal body by the holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.