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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2006
Brent Rodney Jones, Sherwood, OR (US);
Gustavo J. Yusem, Tigard, OR (US);
Edward F. Burress, West Linn, OR (US);
Dan Leo Massopust, Powell Butte, OR (US);
Brent Rodney Jones, Sherwood, OR (US);
Gustavo J. Yusem, Tigard, OR (US);
Edward F. Burress, West Linn, OR (US);
Dan Leo Massopust, Powell Butte, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing an ink stick for use in a phase change ink jet imaging device comprises heating phase change ink material to an extrusion temperature at which the phase change ink material is in a malleable state. The ink material is then extruded through an extrusion orifice to form an extruded rail of ink. The extruded rail of ink is then roll formed to partially form a portion of a shape transverse to the extrusion direction as the rail of ink moves in the extrusion direction. A swaging process is then carried out to further form and divide the extruded rail of ink into ink sticks.