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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
May. 16, 2011
Bob Mallory, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Rosati, San Diego, CA (US);
Mike Eckard, San Diego, CA (US);
Geoffrey Philip Dyer, Balmain, AU;
Bob Mallory, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Rosati, San Diego, CA (US);
Mike Eckard, San Diego, CA (US);
Geoffrey Philip Dyer, Balmain, AU;
Zamtec Ltd, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A coupling for distributing fluid to a printhead, the coupling having a housing, a port plate movably mounted on the housing by a shaft, the port plate having a plurality of ports for receiving respective fluid spouts of the printhead, a seal member mounted on the housing between the housing and the port plate, the seal member having a plurality of seals which align with respective ones of the ports of the port plate and a compression spring mounted on the shaft by a washer so as to be compressed between the washer and the port plate.