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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2009
Wolfgang Muhl, Hohen Neuendorf, DE;
Axel Ortmann, Berlin, DE;
Wolfgang Muhl, Hohen Neuendorf, DE;
Axel Ortmann, Berlin, DE;
Francotyp-Postalia GmbH, Birkenwerder, DE;
Abstract
In a device to clean wiper elements of an inkjet print head of an ink dispenser of a printing apparatus having a chassis, a maintenance station is mounted on the chassis to allow travel of the maintenance station in at least one direction that causes the maintenance station to move past the inkjet print head. The maintenance station carries wiper elements that wipe ink from the surface of the inkjet print head as the maintenance station moves past the inkjet print head. An ink uptake unit is mounted at the chassis at a position past which the maintenance station travels, after traveling past the inkjet print head. The ink uptake unit includes material that transfers ink from the wipers to the material.