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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2010
Vesa Karppinen, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Vesa Karppinen, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Zamtec Ltd, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
An inkjet printer has a carrier frame supporting an ink supply manifold; a pagewidth printhead with an ink ejection surface; an encapsulant defining a film guide and a maintenance station. The maintenance station includes: a chassis; a plurality of rollers mounted on the chassis; a film wound in a loop around the rollers; and a drive motor operatively connected to one of the rollers such that actuation of the drive motor rotates the film around said rollers. The chassis is moveable between a printing position in which the film is remote from the printhead and a cleaning position in which the film engages the film guide so that a cavity is defined by the film, the encapsulant and the ink ejection surface.