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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Glenn D. Batchelor, Fairport, NY (US);
Chad E. Labarge, Poplar Grove, IL (US);
Ali R. Dergham, Fairport, NY (US);
Randall E. Kaufman, Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Glenn D. Batchelor, Fairport, NY (US);
Chad E. LaBarge, Poplar Grove, IL (US);
Ali R. Dergham, Fairport, NY (US);
Randall E. Kaufman, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a printhead module having an ink leakage detector to detect a leaked phase change ink. The ink leakage detector includes a plurality of resistance temperature detectors or resistive thermal devices to detect the leaked phase change ink. A horizontally mounted overdriven thermistor can also be used to detect leaked ink.