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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2020
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Michael J. Levy, Webster, NY (US);
Seemit Praharaj, Webster, NY (US);
Jason M. LeFevre, Penfield, NY (US);
Linn C. Hoover, Webster, NY (US);
Paul J. McConville, Webster, NY (US);
Chu-heng Liu, Penfield, NY (US);
Douglas K. Herrmann, Webster, NY (US);
David A. Vankouwenberg, Avon, NY (US);
XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A system for cleaning and treating a printhead includes (a) a movable carriage having affixed to a base of the movable carriage a cleaning blade and an absorptive pad, (b) a low vapor pressure organic solvent, the low vapor pressure organic solvent is deliverable to the absorptive pad via a pump, the low vapor pressure organic solvent has a vapor pressure lower than water and (c) a carriage moving mechanism that moves the carriage so that the cleaning blade and the absorptive pad pass over the printhead.