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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2006
Brent Rodney Jones, Sherwood, OR (US);
David L. Knierim, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Edward F. Burress, West Linn, OR (US);
Ernest Isreal Esplin, Sheridan, OR (US);
Richard Guy Chambers, Portland, OR (US);
Jasper Kent Wong, Portland, OR (US);
Brent Rodney Jones, Sherwood, OR (US);
David L. Knierim, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Edward F. Burress, West Linn, OR (US);
Ernest Isreal Esplin, Sheridan, OR (US);
Richard Guy Chambers, Portland, OR (US);
Jasper Kent Wong, Portland, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A removable ink stick support for use in an ink loader of a phase change ink imaging device having a first end for ink stick support proximate a melt end of an ink loader and a second end for ink stick support proximate an insertion end of an ink loader. A longitudinal member extends between the first and second ends, the longitudinal member being configured to provide a contact surface for contacting at least a portion of an ink stick as the ink stick is fed along the feed channel.