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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kai Melde, Stuttgart, DE;
John S. Paschkewitz, San Carlos, CA (US);
Eric J. Shrader, Oroville, OR (US);
Terrance Stephens, Canby, OR (US);
Assignee:
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17563 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes an inkjet manifold with at least one ink supply port coupled to an ink supply and at least one ink delivery port. A flow path is between the ink supply and ink delivery ports, and the flow path includes a trap configured to collect particle contaminants in response to a pulsed cleaning flow and hold the particle contaminants during an operational flow.