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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2002
Swee Guan Chee, Singapore, SG;
Sieo Peng Clara Chua, Singapore, SG;
Jiansan Sun, Singapore, SG;
Wan Sin Ng, Singapore, SG;
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An ink-firing element is provided. The ink-firing element has a resistor for generating ink droplets, a substrate atop which the resistor rests and a barrier layer atop the substrate. The barrier layer in a closed-loop design and at least partially defines an ink-firing chamber, which surrounds the resistor and temporarily contains ink. The ink-firing element also includes an orifice plate supported by the barrier layer for providing an orifice through which the ink droplets are ejected onto a medium and a trench in the substrate for replenishment of ink. The trench terminates at an outlet in the ink-firing chamber and is in fluid communication with an ink refill channel, which supplies ink from a reservoir to the ink-firing element.