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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:
Dec. 04, 1979
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles S Mitchell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Silonics, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3461 / ; 346 75 ; 400126 ; 400320 ;
Abstract
A carriage and raceway mechanism for an ink jet printer upon which carriage is mounted an ink jet print head for driving the ink jet print head back and forth along the raceway to allow the ink jet print head to eject droplets on a recording medium. The raceway and various other functions are designed and combined into the main frame of the mechanism for simplified construction of the mechanism and lower manufacturing costs. Means for locking the carriage against movement and means for capping and purging the ink jet print head are also provided.