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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2009
Chad David Freitag, Portland, OR (US);
Roger G. Leighton, Rochester, NY (US);
Ivan A. Mccracken, Portland, OR (US);
Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Chad David Freitag, Portland, OR (US);
Roger G. Leighton, Rochester, NY (US);
Ivan A. McCracken, Portland, OR (US);
Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An ink umbilical provides different colors of heated ink to multiple print heads in an integrated structure. The ink umbilical includes a first and a second plurality of conduits, each conduit in the first and the second plurality of conduits having a flat surface between a first end and a second end of the conduit, and a heater having a first side and a second side, the flat surfaces of the conduits in the first plurality of conduits being coupled to the first side of the heater and the flat surfaces of the conduits in the second plurality of conduits being coupled to the second side of the heater to enable the heater to heat ink being carried between the first and the second ends of the conduits in the first and in the second plurality of conduits.