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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2006
Soo-hyun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Heon-soo Park, Seongnam-si, KR;
Soo-hyun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Heon-soo Park, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
There are provided a print head wiper to wipe a nozzle surface of a print head where nozzles are formed to fire ink, an inkjet image forming apparatus including the print head wiper, and a method of maintaining the inkjet image forming apparatus. In the print head wiper, a first gear is capable of rotating in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions, a second gear is engaged with the first gear, a cleaning roller is fixed to the second gear to wipe the nozzle surface of the print head, and a link arm to connect the first gear and the second gear. When the first gear is rotated, the second gear and the cleaning roller may be revolved in an upward direction around the first gear by a frictional force between the first gear and the link arm until the cleaning roller makes contact with the nozzle surface, and then the second gear and the cleaning roller may be rotated about an axis of the second gear by a rotational force of the first gear to wipe the nozzle surface.