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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2003
Shen Buswell, Monmouth, OR (US);
Deanna J. Bergstrom, Corvallis, OR (US);
Daniel Frech, McMinnville, OR (US);
Shen Buswell, Monmouth, OR (US);
Deanna J. Bergstrom, Corvallis, OR (US);
Daniel Frech, McMinnville, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The described embodiments relate to a slotted substrate for use in a fluid ejecting device. One exemplary embodiment includes a substrate having a thickness between generally opposing first and second surfaces. A slot received in the substrate. The slot has a central region joined with at least one terminal region. The central region extends between the first and second surfaces. The at least one terminal region includes, at least in part, a bowl-shaped portion that has a diameter at the first surface greater than a width of the central region at the first surface.