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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. 28, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey J Grange, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 32 ; 347 33 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for use in servicing a printer's printhead is provided which includes an elongate lever pivotally coupled with the printer's chassis so as to accommodate pivoting movement of the lever between a free orientation and a printhead-servicing orientation. A servicing member such as a wiper is mounted on the lever, the servicing member selectively being brought into operative association with the printhead by pivotal movement of the lever into the printhead-servicing orientation. Lever pivoting is controlled via cammed engagement between the lever and a printer carriage.