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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2008
Applicants:
Daniel W. Petersen, Philomath, OR (US);
James D. Plymale, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
John L. Taylor, Corvalis, OR (US);
Inventors:
Daniel W. Petersen, Philomath, OR (US);
James D. Plymale, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
John L. Taylor, Corvalis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B05B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a component for dispensing a fluid includes: a plurality of fluid ejection orifices arrayed in a plane; and an elongated bumper extending along one side of the array generally in a plane intersecting the plane of the array and the bumper having a protruding exterior surface that includes a first part inclining away from the array and a contiguous second part inclining back toward the array.