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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2001
Scott D. Sturgeon, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jeffrey T. Hendricks, Camas, WA (US);
David C. Johnson, Portland, OR (US);
Charles R. Steinmetz, Corvallis, OR (US);
Daniel W. Petersen, Philomath, OR (US);
Scott D. Sturgeon, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jeffrey T. Hendricks, Camas, WA (US);
David C. Johnson, Portland, OR (US);
Charles R. Steinmetz, Corvallis, OR (US);
Daniel W. Petersen, Philomath, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An on-axis ink reservoir that is pivotally secured to the carriage of an inkjet printer thereby defining an engaged position, in which the ink reservoir is in fluid communication with a printhead secured to the carriage, and an open position, in which the ink reservoir pivots away from the printhead to allow easy access to the printhead without the need to remove the ink reservoir from the carriage. Preferably, the ink reservoir is detachably secured to an ink-reservoir mounting portion, the printhead is detachably secured to a printhead mounting-portion, and these two mounting portions are pivotally secured together. More preferably, the ink-reservoir mounting portion includes a plurality of ink reservoirs, and the printhead mounting-portion includes a plurality of printheads. A latching mechanism is provided to operably secure the two mounting portions together in the engaged position.