Patent ID: 6334663
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A service station device for an ink-jet printer, said service station device comprising:a housing including two side walls secured in a service area of an ink-jet printer, said side walls each including a first guide slot and a second guide slot, said first and second guide slots of each side wall including a portion disposed along a line and each of said second guide slots having an upper straight portion and a lower inclined portion; a moving member disposed in said housing, said moving member moveable to a position for capping and sealing a nozzle for ink by a carriage of the ink-jet printer and having front and rear guide pins guided along said first and said second guide slots, respectively; a spring attached to a bottom of said housing and to said moving member, said spring for biasing said moving member toward a printing area of the ink-jet printer; a wiper member including a wiper for cleaning the nozzle and being pivotally mounted to said housing, said wiper member being in the position for cleaning the nozzle whenever the rear guide pins are in a lower end of the second guide slots; and a capping and sealing member including a cap for capping and sealing the nozzle, said cap being mounted to said moving member so as to cap the nozzle when said rear guide pins are respectively in the upper straight portion of each of said second guide slots.