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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2015
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Fort Collins, CO (US);

Inventors:

Rio Rivas, Corvallis, OR (US);

Lawrence H White, Corvallis, OR (US);

Ed Friesen, Corvallis, OR (US);

Erik D Torniainen, Corvallis, OR (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14032 (2013.01); B41J 2/1404 (2013.01); B41J 2/14145 (2013.01); B41J 2/1601 (2013.01); B41J 2/1631 (2013.01); B41J 2202/05 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some examples, a printhead can include a main printer fluid line, a firing chamber in fluid communication with the main printer fluid line to receive printer fluid from the main printer fluid line, and a resistor positioned in the firing chamber. The resistor can, for example, receive an electronic current to cause the resistor to heat up and eject printer fluid droplets from the printhead. The printhead can further include a photolithographically fabricated check valve positioned in the firing chamber. The check valve can, for example, be openable to allow filling of the firing chamber with printer fluid and closeable to at least partially seal the main printer fluid line from printer fluid blowback caused by the resistor.


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