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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2010
Applicant:
Michael Alan Fairchild, Vancouver, WA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Alan Fairchild, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); G01D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of feeding solid ink sticks to a melting device in a phase change ink imaging device enables the solid ink sticks to move through the ink delivery system without buckling or being diverted from the feed path. The ink sticks fed to the ink delivery system have first and second contoured ends that complement the feed path to resist buckling due to feed forces and the bosses of one contoured end nest in the boss recesses of another contoured end of an adjacent ink stick to resist the effects of the feed forces as well.