US 11,884,084 B2
Printing unit with three printheads
Mark Profaca, North Ryde (AU); David Oliver Burke, North Ryde (AU); Billy Sy, North Ryde (AU); Gilbert Alemana, North Ryde (AU); Christopher Hibbard, North Ryde (AU); and Rommel Balala, North Ryde (AU)
Assigned to Memjet Technology Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed by Memjet Technology Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/821,733.
Application 17/821,733 is a continuation of application No. 17/084,372, filed on Oct. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,453,228.
Application 17/084,372 is a continuation of application No. 16/101,346, filed on Aug. 10, 2018, granted, now 10,857,821, issued on Dec. 8, 2020.
Application 16/101,346 is a continuation of application No. 15/583,006, filed on May 1, 2017, granted, now 10,076,917, issued on Sep. 18, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/408,629, filed on Oct. 14, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/330,779, filed on May 2, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0402285 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/16 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 25/304 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01); B41J 29/377 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 25/34 (2006.01); B41J 2/155 (2006.01); B41J 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 25/304 (2013.01) [B41J 2/04541 (2013.01); B41J 2/155 (2013.01); B41J 2/16505 (2013.01); B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/16511 (2013.01); B41J 2/16535 (2013.01); B41J 2/16538 (2013.01); B41J 2/16544 (2013.01); B41J 2/16547 (2013.01); B41J 2/16585 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 2/17596 (2013.01); B41J 25/006 (2013.01); B41J 25/34 (2013.01); B41J 29/02 (2013.01); B41J 29/377 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B41J 2002/1655 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16514 (2013.01); B41J 2202/05 (2013.01); B41J 2202/20 (2013.01); H05K 999/99 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing unit comprising:
three elongate printheads positioned in a staggered overlapping arrangement for spanning across a media feed path, wherein a first printhead and a second printhead are longitudinally spaced apart and positioned in a row across the media feed path and a third printhead is offset from and overlaps with both the first and second printheads;
three wipers for longitudinally wiping respective printheads in a direction perpendicular to a media feed direction, each wiper being parked at one longitudinal end of its respective printhead, wherein one of said wipers, in its parked position, is positioned in a space between the first and second printheads;
wherein first and second wipers for wiping respective first and second printheads are movable in a same wiping direction; and
a third wiper for wiping the third printhead is movable in an opposite wiping direction.