Patent ID: 11919307
Assignee: PROTOTYPE AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A mobile printhead cleaner for a print module, comprising:
(a) a printing apparatus having a print module with an array of printhead fluid dispensers;
(b) a printhead cleaning member movably connected to said print module and being transitional between a cleaning position for said printhead fluid dispensers and a non-obstructing storage position relative to said printhead fluid dispensers;
(c) said cleaning member upon activation being constructed to travel across said printhead fluid dispensers and remove accumulated debris therefrom;
(d) said cleaning member upon deactivation being constructed to transition to said non-obstructing storage position relative to said printhead fluid dispensers so as to permit printing therewith;
(e) said cleaning member being carried on a printhead capping panel which enables said printhead fluid dispensers to be covered when not in use;
(f) said cleaning member and said capping panel transition together between said cleaning position and said storage position; and
(g) said print module having a defined outer confines, and said cleaning member and said capping panel remaining within said outer confines of said print module during transition between said cleaning position and said storage position.