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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Laura Garcia Baxter, Lexington, KY (US);
John Edward Borsuk, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Ronald Todd Sellers, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 ;
Abstract
A method of improving a sealing between a purge mechanism and a printhead includes the steps of providing a purge cap with a perimetrical sealing lip; and exercising the perimetrical sealing lip of the purge cap against the sealing surface of the printhead. The exercising is effected by generating a repetitive relative movement between the sealing surface of the printhead and the perimetrical sealing lip of the purge cap.