Zamtec Limited

Memjet Technology Limited

Paul Fishbein

John Christian Love

Andy Bound

Jon Lucas

Ryan Root

Richard Alan Kelley

Jinsong Gao

John Bailey

Paul Daniel Seiter

Greg Williams

Jeffrey D Lueschen

Jeffrey Johnson

Bob Yraceburu

Jon Olson

Jeffrey Christian Lueschen

Paul Weiskopf

Edward Ellis Esdaile-Watts

A wiping device for maintaining a printhead is provided having a body supported within a maintenance unit of the printer, a porous roller rotatably mounted to the body, and a mechanism mounted to the body for rotating the porous roller. The body is configured to be lifted from the maintenance unit so as bring the porous roller into contact with a printhead of the printer. The mechanism rotates the porous roller so that the porous roller rotates against the printhead wiping the printhead clean. The mechanism is connectable to a power supply of the printer and is configured to be lifted from the maintenance unit together with the body while connected to the power supply.

Wiping device having on-board mechanism for rotating wiper roller for printhead

A maintenance system for a printhead is provided having a support frame, a wiper module supported by the support frame, a lift mechanism for lifting the wiper module from the support frame, and a rotation mechanism. The wiper module has a wiper roller on a rotatable shaft and a porous material about the shaft, and a transfer roller in rotatable contact with the wiper roller. The lift mechanism lifting the wiper module to position the porous material of the wiper roller against the printhead. The rotation mechanism rotates the wiper and transfer rollers so that the porous material of the wiper roller rotates against the printhead. The porous material is configured to absorb fluid from the printhead during rotation, and so that the fluid absorbed by the porous material of the wiper roller is transferred to the transfer roller.

Printhead maintenance system having wiper module

An apparatus for maintaining a printhead is provided having a rotatable wiper roller having a shaft and a porous material about the shaft, a rotatable transfer roller in rotatable contact with the wiper roller, and a mechanism for rotating the wiper roller so that the porous material rotates against the printhead such that the porous material absorbs fluid from the printhead during the rotation, and for rotating the transfer roller against the wiper roller so that the fluid absorbed by the porous material is transferred to the transfer roller.

Maintenance system having cleanable wiper for printhead

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Paul Fishbein