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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
May. 02, 2011
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 plurality of ink carrying conduits mounted on one side of a heater and a second plurality of conduits mounted on a second side of the heater opposite the first side of the heater. The heater is operated to keep the ink in the conduits on each of the heater in a predetermined temperature range.