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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1994
Brian J Keefe, La Jolla, CA (US);
May F Ho, La Mesa, CA (US);
Kenneth J Courian, San Diego, CA (US);
Steven W Steinfield, San Diego, CA (US);
Winthrop D Childers, San Diego, CA (US);
Ellen R Tappon, Corvallis, OR (US);
Kenneth E Trueba, Corvallis, OR (US);
Terri I Chapman, Escondido, CA (US);
William R Knight, Corvallis, OR (US);
Jules G Moritz, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Described is an ink delivery system for an array of nozzle orifices in a print cartridge comprising an ink reservoir; a substrate having a plurality of individual ink firing chambers with an ink firing element in each chamber; an ink channel connecting said reservoir with said ink firing chambers, said channel including a primary channel connected at a first end with said reservoir and at a second end to a secondary channel; a separate inlet passage for each firing chamber connecting said secondary channel with said firing chamber for allowing high frequency refill of the firing chamber; a group of said firing chambers in adjacent relationship forming a primitive in which only one firing chamber in said primitive is activated at a time; first circuit means on said substrate connected to said firing elements; and second circuit means on said cartridge connected to said first circuit means, for transmitting firing signals to said ink firing elements at a frequency greater than 9 kHz.