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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:
May. 09, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dale F Racicot, Weare, NH (US);
Dirk P Ten Broeck, Milford, NH (US);
Robert C Aviles, Merrimack, NH (US);
Assignee:
Dataproducts, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346-11 ; 3461 / ;
Abstract
A head tending system for purging and cleaning an ink jet print head includes a self-aligning purge nozzle which can float into positive engagement with a vent hole of the print head and a wiping roller of a non-circular contour about which a tape of wiping cloth passes.