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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2014
Applicant:

Memjet Technology Ltd., Dublin 2, IE;

Inventors:

Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;

Tobin Allen King, Balmain, AU;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/15 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/155 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 2/145 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/14 (2013.01); B41J 2/145 (2013.01); B41J 2/155 (2013.01); B41J 2/21 (2013.01); B41J 2002/14362 (2013.01); B41J 2002/14419 (2013.01); B41J 2002/14459 (2013.01); B41J 2002/14491 (2013.01); B41J 2202/19 (2013.01); B41J 2202/20 (2013.01); B41J 2202/21 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49401 (2015.01);
Abstract

An inkjet printhead assembly includes: an elongate ink supply structure having a plurality of longitudinally extending ink supply channels corresponding to a plurality of different colored inks and a plurality of outlet openings; and a plurality of individual printhead modules arranged along a length of the ink supply structure. Each printhead module includes: a carrier having a plurality of inlets for receiving ink from a respective set of the outlet openings, a mounting surface having a plurality of ink supply slots defined therein and a plurality of converging walls extending from the inlets towards the ink supply slots, the converging walls defining a plurality of converging ink galleries for supplying the plurality of different colored inks. A printhead segment is bonded to each mounting surface, the printhead segment receiving the different colored inks from the plurality of ink supply slots.


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