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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2008
Stephen Richard O'farrell, Balmain, AU;
Jan Waszczuk, Balmain, AU;
Stephen John Sleijpen, Balmain, AU;
James Andrew, Balmain, AU;
Craig Donald Strudwicke, Balmain, AU;
William Granger, Balmain, AU;
Mark Janos, Balmain, AU;
Stephen Richard O'Farrell, Balmain, AU;
Jan Waszczuk, Balmain, AU;
Stephen John Sleijpen, Balmain, AU;
James Andrew, Balmain, AU;
Craig Donald Strudwicke, Balmain, AU;
William Granger, Balmain, AU;
Mark Janos, Balmain, AU;
Zamtec Limited, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a fastening apparatus for fastening a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) to a printhead assembly. The printhead assembly includes a printhead carrier and an ink ejection printhead carried by the carrier. The fastening apparatus includes a support assembly. An authentication system is arranged on the support assembly and is configured to authenticate the printhead assembly. At least one bonding assembly is configured to bond the PCB to the printhead assembly. A controller is configured to control the bonding assembly to bond the PCB to the printhead assembly subsequent to the authentication of the printhead assembly.