Patent ID: 7708376
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: B41J,G07B

Abstract:
1. A franking and/or addressing machine, comprising: a guide plate having a printing window formed therein; an inkjet printhead disposed in a stationary manner and being pivotable behind said guide plate in said printing window; a transport device for guiding a print carrier along in contact and standing on one edge by said transport device; a cleaning and sealing device disposed behind said guide plate and underneath said inkjet printhead; a first displacement device for pivoting said inkjet printhead into a printing position, into a plurality of cleaning positions corresponding to various cleaning regions, and into a sealing position; a second displacement device for displacing said cleaning and sealing device toward said inkjet printhead and away from said inkjet printhead; a pivotably mounted matched baffle piece disposed underneath said inkjet printhead and coupled to said inkjet printhead; and a common ink sump disposed underneath all of the above components.