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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:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2004
Applicants:
Michael Brookmire, Washougal, WA (US);
Russell P. Yearout, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Brookmire, Washougal, WA (US);
Russell P. Yearout, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided. Nozzles of a fluid-ejection device of an imaging device adapted to eject a clear fixing liquid are purged by ejecting a number of drops of the clear fixing liquid through the nozzles onto a non-imaging portion of a media sheet.