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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2016
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Garrett E. Clark, Corvallis, OR (US);
Michael W. Cumbie, Corvallis, OR (US);
Mark H. MacKenzie, Vancouver, WA (US);
HEWLETT -PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
Examples described herein include a printhead assembly that includes a housing having a printing material reservoir and a print nozzle array disposed in a side of the housing. The print nozzle array is coupled to the printing material reservoir through a first channel. The printhead assembly can also include a pressure equalization element disposed in the side of the housing and coupled to the printing material reservoir through a second channel to allow air to enter the printing material reservoir when a pressure in the printing material reservoir changes.