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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven J Dietl, Ontario, NY (US);
David P Breemes, Palmyra, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 86 ; 347 93 ;
Abstract
A system for supplying liquid ink to a thermal ink-jet printing apparatus comprises a housing defining a chamber having a ventilation port and an outlet port. The chamber retains a quantity of liquid ink. An ink delivery medium is disposed across the outlet port, providing a capillary force greater than that of the medium. The ink delivery medium is a high density, fine pore fully open cell polyester polyurethane, preferably, ULTRA FINE. A filter is attached to the ink delivery medium.