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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2011
Brent Rodney Jones, Sherwood, OR (US);
Frederick T. Mattern, Portland, OR (US);
Christopher Ryan Gold, Tigard, OR (US);
Brent Rodney Jones, Sherwood, OR (US);
Frederick T. Mattern, Portland, OR (US);
Christopher Ryan Gold, Tigard, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An ink delivery system of a phase change ink imaging device more effectively guides properly configured solid ink sticks from a first end of a feed chute to a melting device at a second end of the feed chute. The feed chute may include a sensor to detect coded sensor features on the properly configured solid ink sticks traveling along the feed chute and an obstructor configured to block improperly configured solid ink sticks inserted into the first end of the feed chute.