发明名称 |
Wet-wipe maintenance device for a full-width ink-jet printer |
摘要 |
A maintenance device includes a shuttle which is adapted to travel on a track through a fixed path generally parallel to the array. Mounted on the shuttle are an application, which includes a wicking member, for applying a cleaning liquid to the nozzle openings and a vacuum device for applying suction to the nozzle openings. A spacing member on the shuttle spaces the shuttle from the head to form a meniscus of the cleaning liquid against the nozzle openings of the printhead. The maintenance device is used in a cleaning method wherein a vacuum force is applied to the nozzle openings while moving the shuttle in a first direction, the surface is wetted by the cleaning liquid while moving the shuttle in a second direction, and the a vacuum force is again applied to the nozzle openings after the wetting while moving the shuttle in the second direction.
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申请公布号 |
US5793390(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1998.08.11 |
申请号 |
US19950391326 |
申请日期 |
1995.02.21 |
申请人 |
XEROX CORPORATION |
发明人 |
CLAFLIN, ALFRED J.;ANDERSON, DAVID G. |
分类号 |
B41J2/165;B41J2/18;B41J2/185;(IPC1-7):B41J2/165 |
主分类号 |
B41J2/165 |
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