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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2009
John Douglas Peter Morgan, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Christopher Hibbard, Balmain, AU;
Bruce Gordon Holyoake, Balmain, AU;
John Douglas Peter Morgan, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Christopher Hibbard, Balmain, AU;
Bruce Gordon Holyoake, Balmain, AU;
Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales, AU;
Abstract
A printhead assembly comprising a printhead mounted on a substrate, an elastically deformable pad and an ink removal system mounted on the substrate. The pad has a contact surface for sealing engagement with an ink ejection face of the printhead. The pad being linearly moveable between a first position in which the contact surface is sealingly engaged with the face and a second position in which the contact surface is disengaged from the face. In order to provide a cleaning action, the contact surface is configured to progressively contact the face during sealing engagement and peel away from the face during disengagement.