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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2008
Donald Paul Mccoy, Georgetown, KY (US);
Mark Connelly Ott, Lexington, KY (US);
David Charles Weatherly, Versailles, KY (US);
Donald Paul McCoy, Georgetown, KY (US);
Mark Connelly Ott, Lexington, KY (US);
David Charles Weatherly, Versailles, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A rotary inkjet imaging apparatus includes a carrier movable bi-directionally along a linear guide path defined adjacent to a curved print zone and extending parallel to a longitudinal axis thereof, and an inkjet printhead disc having a body and at least one and preferably multiple printhead chips integrated into its perimeter. The disc body is supported by the carrier for undergoing movement within the curved print zone along a curved path winding about a central axis extending parallel to the guide path and coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the curved print zone such that the disc body moves about the central axis multiple revolutions and the printhead chips print on the page concurrently as the carrier unidirectionally moves along the linear guide path and the disc body moves within the curved print zone and through portions of the curved path in which the chips face toward the page.