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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:
Jul. 11, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Carlotta, Sodus, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 30 ; 251 10 ;
Abstract
A valve is disclosed for use in a maintenance station for an ink jet printer. The maintenance station has a carriage on which a cap that selectively seals the printhead nozzle is mounted. The carriage is movable in and relative to a fixed support member of the maintenance station. A flexible hose interconnects the cap with a pneumatic source for the removal of air and ink from the cap. The selective movement of the carriage towards and away from a wall of the support member pinches the flexible hose closed between them without requiring closely toleranced movement of the carriage.