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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1998
Tadashi Hanabusa, Irvine, CA (US);
Masanori Kaneko, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Makoto Takemura, Irvine, CA (US);
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer assembly providing quick and effective wiping of print heads. The printer assembly includes a carriage for holding a print head and having a slide contact, a slide having a wiper ramp, a carriage contact contactable by the slide contact of the carriage, and a wiper assembly including a base, a post extending from the base, a wiper arm, a wiper latch, a wiper holder, and a wiper blade, wherein the wiper arm is connected to the base such that the wiper arm is raised in a case that the wiper arm ramp moves laterally relative to and while in contact with the wiper arm, the wiper latch is connected to the wiper arm such that the wiper latch latches onto the post extending from the base in a case that the wiper arm is sufficiently raised, the wiper holder is connected to the wiper arm, and the wiper blade is connected to the wiper holder.