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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2012
Joseph Andrew Broderick, Wilsonville, OR (US);
David Paul Platt, Newberg, OR (US);
Isaac S. Frazier, Portland, OR (US);
Tony Russell Rogers, Milwaukie, OR (US);
Joseph Andrew Broderick, Wilsonville, OR (US);
David Paul Platt, Newberg, OR (US);
Isaac S. Frazier, Portland, OR (US);
Tony Russell Rogers, Milwaukie, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An ink collecting system has been developed to direct ink purged from a printhead positioned above an ink collecting tray along a stepped flow path into the ink collecting tray. The stepped flow path enables the purged ink to flow from a faceplate on the jet stack, around a junction, onto a lower surface of the jet stack, and to a curved lower flange of a reservoir housing, which directs the ink away from the faceplate before the ink drops into the ink collecting tray for disposal or reuse.