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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2007
Brent Rodney Jones, Sherwood, OR (US);
Frederick T. Mattern, Portland, OR (US);
Christopher Ryan Gold, Tigard, OR (US);
Brian Walter Aznoe, Sherwood, OR (US);
William Loren Emery, Sherwood, OR (US);
Brent Rodney Jones, Sherwood, OR (US);
Frederick T. Mattern, Portland, OR (US);
Christopher Ryan Gold, Tigard, OR (US);
Brian Walter Aznoe, Sherwood, OR (US);
William Loren Emery, Sherwood, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An ink stick for use in a phase change ink imaging device comprises an ink stick body configured for insertion in an insertion orientation into an ink loader of the phase change ink imaging device. The ink stick body has a plurality of surfaces. A visual orientation indicator is formed on at least one surface in the plurality of surfaces. The visual orientation indicator is configured to visually indicate a direction of orientation of at least one surface of the plurality of surfaces to place the ink stick body in the insertion orientation.