Patent ID: 8376531
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: B41J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A mechanism, comprising: a pair of nozzles for fluid communication; a valve pad; and an actuator having a support arm to support the valve pad, the actuator including a helical torsion spring to bias the valve pad into sealing contact with the nozzles, the actuator having a lever arm configured such that an angular displacement thereof moves the valve pad out of sealing contact with the nozzles, the actuator having a cylindrical wall portion disposed about the helical torsion spring, the actuator having an inner sleeve portion concentric to and spaced apart from the cylindrical wall portion, the cylindrical wall portion and the lever arm and the support arm and the inner sleeve portion being respective features of a monolithic structure, the lever arm and the support arm respectively extending away from the cylindrical wall portion.