Patent ID: 8434854

Claim:
A printhead cleaning device for use in an inkjet printer comprising: a housing having an opening; an ink receptacle within the housing that is configured to hold a volume of ink, the ink receptacle being in fluid communication with the opening in the housing; a member having a first end and a second end, the first end of the member being positioned in fluid communication with the ink receptacle and the second end of the member extending out of the opening in the housing to a position that enables the second end of the member to contact a printhead faceplate to provide a surface for liquid ink emitted from the printhead onto the printhead faceplate to move from the printhead to the ink receptacle; a wiper, the wiper being configured to contact the printhead faceplate at a first location that is above a plurality of inkjets formed in the printhead and to maintain contact with the printhead faceplate while moving to a second location on the printhead faceplate at which the second end of the member contacts the printhead faceplate to enable the wiper to urge ink from the printhead faceplate onto the member.