Cap design for an inkjet print head with hand-held imaging element arrangement with integrated cleaning mechanism
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1. A cleaning mechanism for a hand-held printer, the cleaning mechanism comprising:
- a circular cap configured to rotatably cooperate with a print head to define a seal when the circular cap is in a closed position, wherein the print head comprises a plurality of nozzle arrays disposed substantially equidistant from a scanning device; and
a sensor pad disposed adjacent to the scanning device when the circular cap is in the closed position.
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Abstract
The hand-held printer includes a print module configured for multidirectional printing, a print head in communication with the print module. The print head includes a plurality of nozzle arrays and wherein the nozzles in each of the plurality of nozzle are disposed substantially equidistant from a reference point. The hand-held printer further includes a circular cap configured to rotatably cooperate with the print head, wherein the circular cap cooperates with the print head to define a seal when the circular cap is disposed in a closed position.
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20 Claims
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1. A cleaning mechanism for a hand-held printer, the cleaning mechanism comprising:
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a circular cap configured to rotatably cooperate with a print head to define a seal when the circular cap is in a closed position, wherein the print head comprises a plurality of nozzle arrays disposed substantially equidistant from a scanning device; and a sensor pad disposed adjacent to the scanning device when the circular cap is in the closed position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of maintaining a print head of a hand-held printer with a cleaning mechanism, the method comprising:
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aligning a circular cap to a plurality of nozzle arrays of the print head of the hand-held printer, wherein the plurality of nozzle arrays are disposed substantially equidistant from a scanning device; rotating the circular cap to a closed position, wherein the circular cap is configured to rotatably cooperate with the print head to define a seal when the circular cap is in the closed position; engaging the plurality of nozzle arrays with a cleaning pad carried by the circular cap in the closed position of the circular cap; and moving a sensor pad to a position adjacent to the scanning device when the circular cap is in the closed position. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of maintaining a print head of a hand-held printer, the method comprising:
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aligning a cleaning cap to a nozzle array portion of the print head of the hand-held printer; rotating the cleaning cap to engage the nozzle array portion with a cleaning pad carried by the cleaning cap in order to seal the nozzle array portion with the cleaning cap; creating a vacuum between the cleaning pad and the nozzle array portion as the cleaning cap is rotated to the closed position; wherein the cleaning pad is disposed adjacent to a scanning device when the cleaning cap is in the closed position. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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