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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:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Olsen, Corvallis, OR (US);
David C Johnson, Portland, OR (US);
Jeffrey K Pew, Oswego, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 ;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an ink container for providing ink to an inkjet printhead. The ink container includes a reservoir for containing ink. Also included in the ink container is at least one continuous fiber defining a three dimensional porous member. The at least one continuous fiber is bonded to itself at points of contact to form a self-sustaining structure that is disposed within the reservoir for retaining ink. Ink is drawn from the self-sustaining structure and provided to the inkjet printhead.