US 11,807,008 B2
Multifunctional printhead service station with multi-axis motions
Daihua Zhang, Los Altos, CA (US); Kang Luo, Santa Clara, CA (US); Kazuya Daito, Milpitas, CA (US); Kenneth S. Ledford, San Jose, CA (US); Elsa Massonneau, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Alexey Stepanov, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Ludovic Godet, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Mahendran Chidambaram, Saratoga, CA (US); Visweswaren Sivaramakrishnan, Cupertino, CA (US); Bahubali S. Upadhye, Bangalore (IN); and Hemantha Raju, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/647,780.
Claims priority of application No. 202141021236 (IN), filed on May 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0363060 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/1652 (2013.01) [B41J 2/16547 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inkjet service station, comprising:
a first slide rail;
a service stage disposed on the first slide rail;
a service stage extension coupled to the service stage;
a second slide rail disposed on the service stage extension; and
a catch tray disposed on the second slide rail, the catch tray comprising:
a vacuum knife disposed in the catch tray;
a cleaning head disposed in the catch tray, the cleaning head operable to form a liquid bubble; and
a leak sensor disposed in the catch tray.