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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
May. 11, 2004
Roberto Obregon, Guadalajara, MX;
Marina M. Talavera, Jalisco, MX;
Roberto Obregon, Guadalajara, MX;
Marina M. Talavera, Jalisco, MX;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a device and method for building a consumable refill that includes the steps of fabricating a plurality of arrays of detachably connected consumable parts along a first direction, stacking the arrays of detachably connected consumable parts along a second direction and bonding the stacked arrays of detachably connected consumable parts at an outer surface formed by one or more aligned marginal surfaces of the detachably connected consumable parts. In one embodiment, a staple refill includes a number of staple wire sheets stacked along a direction normal to a plane of each of the staple wire sheets. The staple wire sheets are bonded at an outer surface formed by one or more aligned marginal surfaces of the plurality of staple wires.