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Device for positioning an ink jet print head and a cleaning and sealing device

  • US 6,224,187 B1
  • Filed: 06/18/1998
  • Issued: 05/01/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for printing on print media comprising:

  • a guide plate with a printing window;

    an ink jet print head disposed stationarily behind said guide plate in said printing window when in a printing position;

    a cleaning and sealing device behind said guide plate;

    a transport device guiding print media resting on said guide plate;

    a common gear pivoting said ink jet print head out of said printing position, into a non-printing position and back again, and said common gear adjusting said cleaning and sealing device behind said guide plate toward and away from said ink jet print head, said non-printing position chosen from the group consisting of a cleaning position and a sealing position; and

    a motor running in only one direction of rotation for driving said common gear to adjust said ink jet print head and said cleaning and sealing device.

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