Patent ID: 8313165
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A maintenance facility for an inkjet printer, the inkjet printer having a pagewidth printhead extending a width of a media substrate with an array of nozzles defined in a nozzle face and media feed assembly for moving sheets of print media past the printhead in a media feed direction, the printhead maintenance facility comprising: a wiper member having a wiper blade for wiping the nozzle face, the wiper member extending the width of the media substrate; and, a rotatable tubular chassis on which said wiper member is mounted, said tubular chassis having a porous material in a central cavity and apertures to establish fluid communication between the wiper member and the porous material, wherein the wiper blade has a U-shaped or V-shaped configuration such that during a wiping operation an apex of the wiper blade contacts nozzles of the nozzle face.