Patent ID: 8226215
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: (a) a plurality of jetting modules each including a first alignment feature, a plurality of nozzles through which fluid may be jetted and fluid and electrical connections; (b) a printhead frame having a plurality of jetting-module receiving receptacles each of which receives one of the jetting modules, each receiving receptacle having a second alignment feature corresponding to the first alignment feature of a jetting module; (c) a jetting module installation device having a pocket for receiving a jetting module, wherein the jetting module installation device includes a latch mechanism that, in a first position, is latched to the printhead frame securing the jetting module in a jetting module receiving receptacle with the first alignment feature engaging a corresponding second alignment feature of the printhead frame; (d) the latch mechanism that, in a second position, is unlatched from the printhead frame so that the jetting module is not secured in the jetting module receiving receptacle; and wherein the jetting module installation device includes a coupling frame having fluid and electrical connections that correspond to the fluid and electrical connections of the jetting module, and the installation device includes a mechanism move the coupling frame relative to the jetting module to cause the fluid and electrical connections of the coupling frame to mate to the fluid and electrical connections of the jetting module.