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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
May. 31, 2008
Daniel D. Dowell, Albany, OR (US);
Curt Gonzales, Corvallis, OR (US);
Bruce A. Mcfadden, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jeffrey T. Hendricks, Camas, WA (US);
David Welter, Corvallis, OR (US);
Mark A. Smith, Corvallis, OR (US);
Daniel D. Dowell, Albany, OR (US);
Curt Gonzales, Corvallis, OR (US);
Bruce A. McFadden, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jeffrey T. Hendricks, Camas, WA (US);
David Welter, Corvallis, OR (US);
Mark A. Smith, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a fluid ejector assembly includes: a bay for holding a detachable fluid container that includes a fluid outlet at a forward part of the container; a fluid ejector; a fluid inlet at a forward part of the bay through which fluid from the outlet of a fluid container installed in the bay may pass to the fluid ejector; and a stationary guide configured to block an improper installation of a fluid container into the bay without also blocking a proper installation of the fluid container into the bay.