Low-profile service stations for use with printers
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsScott Martin, Lynn A. Collie, Eric Berner Strom
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Abstract
Low-profile service stations for use with printers are described herein. One example service station includes a shuttle to support a cap sled. The shuttle has a shuttle drive and a pump drive positioned such that at least one of the shuttle drive and the pump drive does not extend between a first side and a second side of the shuttle. The shuttle drive is coupled to a printer drive to move the shuttle between a first position and a second position.
Claims34
A service station for use with a printer comprising:
- a shuttle to support a cap sled, the shuttle having a shuttle drive positioned on a first side of the shuttle, the shuttle drive including a track;
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- a pump drive positioned adjacent the track and the first side of the shuttle such that the shuttle drive and the pump drive do not extend between the first side of the shuttle and a second side of the shuttle opposite the first side, the shuttle drive to be coupled to a printer drive to move the shuttle between a first position and a second position.
A method for operating a service station for use with a printer comprising:
- moving a shuttle supporting a cap sled, the shuttle having a shuttle drive positioned on a first side of the shuttle, a pump drive positioned adjacent a track of the shuttle drive and the first side of the shuttle such that the shuttle drive and the pump drive do not extend between the first side of the shuttle and a second side of the shuttle opposite the first side;
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- moving, via a coupling with a printer drive, the shuttle drive to move the shuttle between a first position and a second position.
A service station for use with a printer comprising:
- a shuttle to support a cap sled, the shuttle including a shuttle drive having a track positioned on a first side of the shuttle;
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- a pump drive positioned adjacent the track and the first side of the shuttle such that the shuttle drive and the pump drive do not extend between the first side of the shuttle and a second side of the shuttle opposite the first side, the shuttle drive to be coupled to a printer drive to move the shuttle between a first position and a second position, the shuttle drive and the pump drive being arranged in-line relative to the track of the shuttle drive along which the shuttle is to move and are operatively coupled to the printer drive via a gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.