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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2019
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Michael J. Levy, Webster, NY (US);
Seemit Praharaj, Webster, NY (US);
Paul J. McConville, Webster, NY (US);
Jason M. LeFevre, Penfield, NY (US);
Linn C. Hoover, Webster, NY (US);
Chu-heng Liu, Penfield, NY (US);
David A. VanKouwenberg, Avon, NY (US);
Douglas K. Herrmann, Webster, NY (US);
John T. Newell, Fairport, NY (US);
Richard A. Campbell, Rochester, NY (US);
Ali R. Dergham, Fairport, NY (US);
Glenn D. Batchelor, Fairport, NY (US);
Robert A. Clark, Williamson, NY (US);
Senthil Sivaraman, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A cap is positioned to contact a printhead when the printhead is not ejecting liquid ink. The cap and the printhead create a sealed space adjacent printhead nozzles when contacting each other. A flexible blade is positioned to contact the printhead when the printhead is not in contact with the cap. The flexible blade is adapted to fold over to spread a liquid solution on the nozzles in a first direction, and the flexible blade is adapted to remove excess amounts of the liquid solution from the nozzles in a second direction. A humidifier is connected to the cap and adapted to supply a moisture form of the liquid solution to the sealed space. A moisture sensor is connected to the cap. The humidifier is adapted to vary supply of the moisture to the sealed space based on the amount of moisture detected by the moisture sensor.