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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1997
Joe R. Pietrzyk, San Diego, CA (US);
Yale Goldis, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenneth J. Courian, San Diego, CA (US);
Norman E. Pawlowski, Jr., Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an ink delivery system for high throughput commercial inkjet printing devices. The ink delivery system includes a high speed ink ejection printhead with a large number of nozzles and an ink flow design which provides for improved printhead cooling. The printhead design achieves high ink ejection rates by having a very short inlet channel length which is made possible by having nozzles with a constant distance from the edge of the printhead. In order to accommodate this constant distance from the edge of the printhead the entire array of nozzles is disposed at a angle relative to the direction normal to the scan direction. An impinging ink flow against the back of the printhead is provided to limit the temperature of the printhead. A bubble collection chamber to increase the life of the printhead and a pressure regulator to provide ink at a controlled pressure to the printhead may also be provided. Pressurized ink may be provided so that ink pressure may be properly controlled even during peak usage.