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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Frank B. Tamarez Gomez, Webster, NY (US);
Matthew R. McLaughlin, Rochester, NY (US);
Mark A. Adiletta, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/1721 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inkjet printer is configured to purge printheads in the printer and clean the purged ink from the printheads. The inkjet printer includes a purge tray configured with a wiper to remove a substantial portion of the purged ink from the faces of the printheads without contacting the printheads. A wiper module rotates wipers through a reservoir of cleaning fluid prior to contacting the printheads to facilitate removal of the remaining purged ink from the printheads as the printheads move past the wiper module to return to a printing position.