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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
Jeong-yeon Park, Ansan-si, KR;
Jeong-yeon Park, Ansan-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A solid ink loading apparatus, including an ink stick feed bin having a plurality of feed channels that receive a plurality of ink sticks by colors, an ink stick feed bin cover to open and close the ink stick feed bin, a yoke interlockingly operating with the ink stick feed bin cover, melt plates installed at one end of the feed channels to melt the ink sticks, and elastic push units elastically connected to the yoke to push the ink sticks in the feed channels towards the melt plates, wherein the plurality of feed channels are arranged in a staggered formation with respect to at least one other feed channel in the longitudinal direction.