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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Paul W. Dryer, Lexington, KY (US);
Christopher A. Craft, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B05D 1/18 (2006.01); C23C 16/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/1433 (2013.01); B05D 1/18 (2013.01); B41J 2/1753 (2013.01); B41J 2/17513 (2013.01); B41J 2/17523 (2013.01); B41J 2/17536 (2013.01); B41J 2/17553 (2013.01); B41J 2/17559 (2013.01); C23C 16/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A print cartridge including a cartridge housing having a container body and a lid that encloses the container body. The lid includes a bottom surface and a top surface. One or more air vent openings are formed through the entire thickness of the lid from the top surface to the bottom surface. A hydrophobic coating is disposed on at least one of the top or the bottom surfaces of the lid, with the hydrophobic coating being absent over the one or more air vent openings. The hydrophobic coating is deposited in liquid or gaseous form.