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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:
Feb. 24, 1981
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard E Johnson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert B Taggart, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Computer Printers International, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ; B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400119 ; 400701 ;
Abstract
A non-impact printing system in which a multi-wire head collects debris has an arrangement for cleaning the head with a brush by sweeping the head over the brush in a first direction and immediately sweeping the head back over the brush in the reverse direction, while simultaneously pulling the head away from the brush. Certain aspects of the preferred embodiment disclosed herein include inventive subject matter set forth in the copending application of Robert Burdett Taggart, Ser. No. 26,647, filed Apr. 3, 1979, entitled, 'Printing Apparatus Drive System'.