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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Mah, Hsinchu, TW;
Shirley Flynn Mitchell, Lexington, KY (US);
Tasha Monique Sims, Lexington, KY (US);
Patrick Lawrence Ransom, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for increasing the waste ink storage capacity of an ink printing device includes a printhead and a drive mechanism. The apparatus includes a spreader mechanism coupled to the drive mechanism of the ink printing device, wherein the spreader mechanism is driven in both horizontal and vertical directions by the drive mechanism to engage waste ink in a waste ink accumulation region and disperse waste ink over said waste ink accumulation region.