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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Giang Vo, Moorpark, CA (US);
Akihiro Okada, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Dataproducts Corporation, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 33 ; 152565 ;
Abstract
An ink jet apparatus including a recording head having a jetting surface, an actuator positioned adjacent to the jetting surface, and a cleaning blade member coupled to the actuator by a self-aligning system. The actuator is adapted to move the wiping blade between a cleaning position in which the blade comes in contact with the jetting surface for wiping and a retracted position in which the wiping blade is separated from the jetting surface. The self-aligning system automatically aligns the edge of the blade substantially in parallel with the jetting surface in the cleaning position.