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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:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2006
Brent R. Jones, Tualatin, OR (US);
David L. Knierim, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Barry D. Reeves, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Edward F. Burress, West Linn, OR (US);
Ernest I. Esplin, Sheridan, OR (US);
Richard G. Chambers, Portland, OR (US);
Jasper Wong, Portland, OR (US);
Brent R. Jones, Tualatin, OR (US);
David L. Knierim, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Barry D. Reeves, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Edward F. Burress, West Linn, OR (US);
Ernest I. Esplin, Sheridan, OR (US);
Richard G. Chambers, Portland, OR (US);
Jasper Wong, Portland, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An ink stick for use in a phase change ink jet printer is provided wherein the ink jet printer has an ink feed channel having a feed direction leading to a melt plate. The ink stick comprises an ink stick body having an external surface and an axis of rotation. The ink stick body is adapted for insertion into the ink feed channel so that the axis of rotation is oriented substantially perpendicular to the feed direction. The external surface of the ink stick body forms a circle on a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation.