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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:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2001
Louis C. Barinaga, Salem, OR (US);
Mark Hauck, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An inkjet ink supply system is disclosed. The supply system has a foam-based fluid supply and a fluidic interconnect. The fluidic interconnect has a tower portion having a chamber therein. The chamber has an opening for interfacing with the foam-based fluid supply and for receiving a fluid, such as ink, from the foam-based fluid supply. The fluidic interconnect also has a fluid outlet portion in communication with the chamber of the tower portion. A tube may be connected to the fluid outlet portion for directing the fluid to a scanning carriage with at least one printhead. In this manner, a foam-based fluid supply may be used in either an on-axis or an off-axis configuration.