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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:
Dec. 18, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1999
Michael D. Miller, Shedd, OR (US);
Garrard Hume, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An ink jet printhead is provided with an orifice plate connected to the barrier layer, spaced apart from the substrate second major surface, enclosing the ink manifold, and defining a plurality of orifice apertures, each associated with a respective ink energizing element, wherein the orifice plate has a planar plate defining the plurality of orifice apertures and at least one groove. The at least one groove extends from an ink feed slot region of the inkjet printhead to a bubble collection area adjacent to an end firing chamber located beyond the ink feed slot region to facilitate guiding bubbles away from critical areas.