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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:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2006
Applicants:
Dale A. King, Pasco, WA (US);
Mark A. Smith, Corvallis, OR (US);
Melissa S. Gedraitis, Camas, WA (US);
David J. Benson, Albany, OR (US);
Inventors:
Dale A. King, Pasco, WA (US);
Mark A. Smith, Corvallis, OR (US);
Melissa S. Gedraitis, Camas, WA (US);
David J. Benson, Albany, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for detecting a clog in a suspect portion of an ink conduit of an ink delivery system, includes the steps of pumping a slug of ink of a known volume into the ink conduit, attempting to pump the slug past the suspect portion, and detecting the presence of ink at a position beyond the suspect portion.