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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
David R. Otis, Corvallis, OR (US);
Dan Brown, Monmouth, OR (US);
Scott Martin, Vancouver, WA (US);
John A. Myers, Corvallis, OR (US);
Curt Gonzales, Corvallis, OR (US);
Ian Patrick Anderson, Portland, OR (US);
Marc A. Baldwin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Thomas C. Iaia, San Diego, CA (US);
David R. Otis, Corvallis, OR (US);
Dan Brown, Monmouth, OR (US);
Scott Martin, Vancouver, WA (US);
John A. Myers, Corvallis, OR (US);
Curt Gonzales, Corvallis, OR (US);
Ian Patrick Anderson, Portland, OR (US);
Marc A. Baldwin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Thomas C. Iaia, San Diego, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A fluid cartridge for a printing device includes a housing including a floor, a chamber defined in the housing and configured to store an ink therein, a capillary medium disposed in the housing and in operative communication with the chamber, and a wick disposed at least partially in an opening of the floor, the wick including a portion extending a predetermined distance into the housing such that the wick portion contacts the capillary medium. The fluid cartridge further includes an enriched pigment-confining member established inside the housing such that the confining member physically contacts the floor and surrounds at least a portion of a periphery of the wick. The confining member is configured to i) block enriched ink from the wick, and/or ii) dilute the enriched ink prior to flowing through the wick.