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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey John Bradway, Rochester, NY (US);
Matthew D. Savoy, Webster, NY (US);
Frank Berkelys Tamarez Gomez, Rochester, NY (US);
Jorge M. Rodriquez, Webster, NY (US);
Jeffrey Swing, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16535 (2013.01); B41J 2/16517 (2013.01); B41J 2/16547 (2013.01); B41J 2/185 (2013.01); B41J 2/16523 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printhead cleaning device is configured to use a cleaning web to absorb the residual ink left on the faceplate of the printhead. The cleaning web is supplied from a feed cartridge and taken up by a take-up cartridge. The cartridges include indexing mechanisms that are configured to dispense and pull-in, respectively, a predetermined length of the cleaning web during each maintenance cycle of the printhead.