Patent SG-11201807296T-A (SG)
Title: Printer having l-shaped maintenance modules for plurality of printheads
Inventor: PROFACA MARK
IPC: B41J25/34
Filed: 2017-04-03
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 111111411 0110101011M 0101111 1 0 I 0111110111011101 11111 OINIO ill OM Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ......0\"\"1 WO 2017/190901 Al 09 November 2017 (09.11.2017) WIP0 I PCT — (51) (21) (22) (25) Filing Language: (26) (30) (71) (72) International Patent Classification: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, B41J 25/34 (2006.01) B41J 25/304 (2006.01) CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, B41J 2/165 (2006.01) DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, International Application Number: HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, PCT/EP2017/057902 KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, International Filing Date: PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, 03 April 2017 (03.04.2017) SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. English Publication Language: English (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, Priority Data: GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, 62/330,779 02 May 2016 (02.05.2016) US UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, 62/408,629 14 October 2016 (14.10.2016) US TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, Applicant: MEMJET TECHNOLOGY LIMITED MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, [IE/IE]; 61/62 FITZWILLIAM LANE, DUBLIN, 2 (IE). TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, Inventors: PROFACA, Mark; 6-8 Lyon Park Road, North KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Ryde, New South Wales 2113 (AU). BURKE, David; 6-8 Lyon Park Road, North Ryde, New South Wales 2113 (AU). Published: SY, Billy; 6-8 Lyon Park Road, North Ryde, New South — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) Wales 2113 (AU). ALEMANA, Gilbert; 6-8 Lyon Park Road, North Ryde, New South Wales 2113 (AU). HIB- BARD, Christopher; 6-8 Lyon Park Road, North Rude, New South Wales 2113 (AU). BALALA, Rommel; 6-8 Ly- on Park Road, North Ryde, New South Wales 2113 (AU). Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (81) = = _ - = = = (54) Title: PRINTER HAVING L-SHAPED MAINTENANCE MODULES FOR PLURALITY OF PRINTHEADS 217 215A 100 117 216 215B 115B 119 215C A11 IIIIILVINMW 200 = = - = = 61111.1•11 ....,,,,,2 1111 AL I ..„ 1111011 1116- 1111 41 .r. Or Imo\ -_______.------- 2. . w - 7. E yl = _ • z , . = J i 7i. ,,_ ....._ _ -opk o d , L _ ;v _ \ = .••=. 6 , . ' . . - W.i • • • m . . m . - . u . . — - 7 - — - . — _ . . w , , ,. ., , A , .... . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____. 4 NIEMEN. Ir. a m m N M' - 1 1 ...._., 18A 18B 120 115A 216 119 216 18B 117 115C FIG. 6 : A printer including: a print module having a printhead for printing onto media fed along a media feed path and a module for maintaining the printhead. The maintenance module includes an L-shaped frame having a longer arm extending with a longitudinal axis of the printhead and a shorter arm. The longer arm includes a capper for capping the printhead and the arm includes a wiper for longitudinally wiping the printhead. Il maintenance Il .4 Il 0 01 © cn ,-1 j r.. (57) 0 f „, 1 parallel — shorter