Patent ID: 7771008

Claim:
A printhead maintenance assembly for an inkjet printer, said assembly comprising: a housing; a movable chassis arranged in the housing; an endless belt mounted on the chassis with a contact surface for sealing engagement with a printhead of the printer, the belt being reciprocally movable between a first position in which the contact surface is engaged with the printhead and a second position in which the contact surface is disengaged from the printhead; a pair of spools, mounted on the chassis, the belt being mounted around the spools, with one of the spools being a toothed drive spool and the other being an idler spool; a drive motor mounted on the chassis; a drive gear driven by the motor, the drive gear engaged with the drive spool so that the motor can drive the belt, the drive spool, drive gear and drive motor forming part of a conveyor mechanism for conveying the belt in a direction substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the printhead; and a cleaning station mounted on the chassis and positioned so that the belt moves past the cleaning station to be cleaned.