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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2009
Dwight J. Petruchik, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
James J. Haflinger, San Diego, CA (US);
Arthur K. Wilson, San Diego, CA (US);
Dwight J. Petruchik, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
James J. Haflinger, San Diego, CA (US);
Arthur K. Wilson, San Diego, CA (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An inkjet printhead that receives one or more detachably mountable ink tanks, the inkjet printhead includes an ink tank holding receptacle that receives the one or more detachably mountable ink tanks between a first and second wall; a spring disposed on the first wall of the printhead to provide a biasing force in a direction that pushes the detachably mountable ink tank away from the first wall of the printhead and which biasing force must be manually overcome in order to properly install the one or more detachably mountable ink tanks in the ink tank holding receptacle of the printhead.