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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2012
Edward Ellis Esdaile-watts, Balmain, AU;
Kent Benjamen Kwan, Balmain, AU;
Nicholas Kenneth Abraham, Balmain, AU;
Christopher Hibbard, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Edward Ellis Esdaile-Watts, Balmain, AU;
Kent Benjamen Kwan, Balmain, AU;
Nicholas Kenneth Abraham, Balmain, AU;
Christopher Hibbard, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Zamtec Ltd, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A printer comprising: a printhead having an ink inlet and an ink outlet; an ink chamber for supplying ink to the printhead; an upstream ink line interconnecting an outlet port of the ink chamber and the ink inlet; a downstream ink line connected to the ink outlet; and a first air accumulator communicating with the downstream ink line. The first air accumulator is configured for dampening ink pressure pulses in the printhead during printing.