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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:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1996
Chuong C Ta, San Diego, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An ink jet printer that including a movable print carriage, an ink jet printhead cartridge removably supported by the movable print carriage, a stationary ink reservoir located remotely from the ink jet printhead cartridge, a movable ink conveying coupler fluidically coupled to the stationary ink reservoir, and a rigid ink conveying tube connected between the movable ink conveying coupler and the ink jet printhead cartridge, wherein the movable ink conveying coupler moves relative to the stationary ink reservoir as the movable carriage moves along a carriage axis. A ink pump can be driven by the reciprocating motion of the movable ink conveying coupler, and another rigid ink conveying tube be provided to achieve ink recirculation for printhead cooling.