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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2015
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Daito-shi, Osaka, JP;
Randal S. Williamson, Lexington, KY (US);
Gregory L. Hutchison, Lexington, KY (US);
Jonathan A. Wharton, Lexington, KY (US);
Lane T. Butler, Lexington, KY (US);
Brian M. Langness, Lexington, KY (US);
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A wiper for a maintenance station of an imaging device, including a foundational body that attaches to the maintenance station and a blade on top of the foundational body for scraping fluid and debris from a printhead of the imaging device, the blade being formed of a flexible material having two terminal sections and a central section defining a longitudinal extent of the blade, wherein each of the two terminal sections connects to the foundational body with a thicker expanse of the flexible material compared to the central section that connects to the body with a thinner expanse of the flexible material.