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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:
May. 17, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2018
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);

Inventors:

William Scott Osborne, Corvallis, OR (US);

David D. Welter, Corvallis, OR (US);

John James Cantrell, Vancouver, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 31/02 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 31/02 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example of an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a feeder tank to provide print fluid to a nozzle. The feeder tank is disposed below the nozzle to maintain a backpressure. The apparatus also includes a vent port to vent the feeder tank to atmosphere. The apparatus further includes an overflow chamber in fluidic communication with the feeder tank. The overflow chamber is disposed below the nozzle. In addition, the apparatus includes a return channel disposed on the overflow chamber to allow print fluid in the overflow chamber to return to the feeder tank.


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