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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2008
Applicants:

Christopher Hibbard, Balmain, AU;

Geoffrey Philip Dyer, Balmain, AU;

Paul Ian Mackey, Balmain, AU;

Makomo Tsubono, Balmain, AU;

Attila Bertok, Balmain, AU;

Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;

Nicholas Kenneth Abraham, Balmain, AU;

David William Jensen, Balmain, AU;

Inventors:

Christopher Hibbard, Balmain, AU;

Geoffrey Philip Dyer, Balmain, AU;

Paul Ian Mackey, Balmain, AU;

Makomo Tsubono, Balmain, AU;

Attila Bertok, Balmain, AU;

Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;

Nicholas Kenneth Abraham, Balmain, AU;

David William Jensen, Balmain, AU;

Assignee:

Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales, AU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A inkjet printhead maintenance facility that has an ink storage reservoir for holding ink ejected from the inkjet printhead during a maintenance operation and, an outlet coupling in fluid communication with the ink storage reservoir and configured for connection to a vacuum source to draw ink out of the ink storage reservoir.


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