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

Claim 14:
15. A mobile printhead cleaner for a print module, comprising:
(a) a printing apparatus having a plurality of individual print modules extending over a movable printable substrate, each of said print modules being readily removable from said printing apparatus as a self-contained unit;
(b) each of said print modules including:
(1) an array of printhead fluid dispensers arranged to traverse said printable substrate as said substrate moves thereunder;
(2) a motorized printhead cleaning member movably connected to said print module, said printhead cleaning member being transitional between a cleaning position located underneath said printhead fluid dispensers and a upright storage position away from said printhead fluid dispensers;
(3) said cleaning member upon activation being constructed to travel across said printhead fluid dispensers and remove accumulated debris therefrom;
(4) 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;
(5) said cleaning member being carried on a printhead capping panel which enables said printhead fluid dispensers to be covered when not in use; and

(c) said cleaning member of each said print module being carried on a pivoting printhead capping panel which enables said printhead fluid dispensers thereof to be covered when not in use, said cleaning member and said capping panel together being movable between said cleaning position and said storage position as a unit.