Patent ID: 8733888

Claim:
A printhead cleaner, comprising: a container including a body, a cavity formed or partially formed by the body, and an aperture contiguous with the cavity; a first rotatable spindle and a second rotatable spindle positioned within the cavity substantially parallel with each other, the first rotatable spindle to unwind unused wiping material, and the second rotatable spindle to wind used wiping material; a plurality of suspension devices connected to the body, each suspension device including a supporting member operable to independently rotate around a common elongated member and a biasing device to bias the supporting member, the elongated member positioned within the cavity substantially parallel with the first rotatable spindle and the second rotatable spindle; and a plurality of wipers, each wiper including a wiping surface protruding through the aperture to engage and wipe a discrete printhead of a plurality of printheads during a wiping operation, and each wiper non-rotatable connected to a discrete suspension device of the plurality of suspension devices such that wiping force is independent for each discrete printhead during the wiping operation.