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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2011
Curt Gonzales, Corvallis, OR (US);
Ralph L. Stathem, Lebanon, OR (US);
David Olsen, Corvallis, OR (US);
Marc A. Baldwin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Curt Gonzales, Corvallis, OR (US);
Ralph L. Stathem, Lebanon, OR (US);
David Olsen, Corvallis, OR (US);
Marc A. Baldwin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Example fluidic devices and methods are described. An example device includes a throughput chamber, an inlet to guide liquid in the throughput chamber and an outlet to guide liquid out of the throughput chamber. The example device also includes a rib that protrudes from a wall of the throughput chamber. The rib has a narrowed section in the throughput chamber between the inlet and the outlet to form a meniscus in the narrowed section.