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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2008
Chad David Freitag, Portland, OR (US);
Edward Charles Grenier, Portland, OR (US);
Chad David Freitag, Portland, OR (US);
Edward Charles Grenier, Portland, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An air filter is configured for incorporation in a solid ink umbilical interface to a printhead. The air filter includes a housing having a first component and a second component that mate to one another to form the housing with an internal cavity, the housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, an air filter media positioned within the housing to divide the internal cavity; and at least one retention tab extending from the housing to engage an ink umbilical connector housing at a position that locates the air outlet of the air filter proximate an ink nozzle array extending from the ink umbilical connector.