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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2010
Chad David Freitag, Portland, OR (US);
Pratima G. N. Rao, Sherwood, OR (US);
Patricia A. Wang, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Tony R. Rogers, Milwaukie, OR (US);
Bhaskar T. Ramakrishnan, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Chad David Freitag, Portland, OR (US);
Pratima G. N. Rao, Sherwood, OR (US);
Patricia A. Wang, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Tony R. Rogers, Milwaukie, OR (US);
Bhaskar T. Ramakrishnan, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A liquid ink transport assembly mitigates the migration of ink dye from one conduit in a plurality of conduits to another conduit in the plurality of conduits. The liquid ink transport assembly includes a plurality of conduits, each conduit in the plurality having a first end and a second end, the conduits in the plurality being arranged in a parallel configuration with at least one conduit being spatially separated from an adjacent conduit by a first distance that is greater than a second distance spatially separating other conduits in the plurality of conduits, and a heater, the plurality of conduits being positioned proximate to a first side of the heater to enable the heater to heat ink being carried between the first and the second ends of the plurality of conduits.