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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1999
Dean A. Gaylor, Ridgefield, WA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A single-pass wiping system is provided for cleaning ink residue from an inkjet printhead in an inkjet printing mechanism. The wiper system includes a platform moveable through a wiping stroke, along with a first wiper blade and a second wiper blade each supported by the platform. A third intermediate wiper blade is supported by the platform between the first wiper blade and the second wiper blade to wipe ink residue from the printhead during a unidirectional wiping stroke through contact first with the first wiper blade, followed by contact with the third wiper blade, followed by contact with the second wiper blade. An inkjet printing mechanism is provided with a single-pass wiping system as described above, along with a method is provided for cleaning ink residue from an inkjet printhead in an inkjet printing mechanism.