Maintenance apparatus of an inkjet printer and method thereof
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United States of America Patent
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Nov 9, 2004
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May 15, 2003
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Nov 13, 2002
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Nov 13, 2001
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A maintenance apparatus of an inkjet printer includes a housing, a capping member disposed in the housing and having two caps closing up surfaces of ink injection nozzles of two printing heads, respectively, a wiping member disposed in the housing and having a wiper wiping the surfaces of the ink injection nozzles, a transmission disposed on the housing reducing a rotation force from a driving source, a capping member mover changing the rotation force of the transmission into a vertical force to move the capping member in a capping position in a capping operation, and a wiping member mover changing the rotation force of the transmission into a horizontal force to move the wiping member in a wiping position in a wiping operation, wherein the wiping operation of the wiping member and the capping operation of the capping member, or an capping-release operation of the capping member and the wiping operation of the wiping member are successively performed in response to the rotation force of the transmission. Accordingly, the maintenance apparatus can stably perform a maintenance operation as well as minimize a size thereof.
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