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

Claim 10:
11. A mobile printhead cleaner for a print module, comprising:
(a) a printing apparatus having a print module extending over a movable printable substrate, said print module including an array of printhead fluid dispensers arranged to traverse said printable substrate as said substrate moves thereunder;
(b) a motorized printhead cleaning member movably connected to said print module, said printhead cleaning member being pivotal between a cleaning position located underneath 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 in a direction transverse to a principal direction of movement of said movable printable substrate and remove accumulated debris from said printhead fluid dispensers;
(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; and
(e) said cleaning member being carried on a pivoting printhead capping panel which enables said printhead fluid dispensers to be covered when not in use, said cleaning member and said capping panel being confined within said print module during transition between said cleaning position and said storage position.