Fluid manifold
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorSilam J. Choy
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Abstract
A fluid manifold may include a number of blades and a number of end pieces securing the blades in place wherein the fluid manifold interfaces between a printhead die and a number of fluid source slots. A method of manufacturing a fluid manifold may include arranging a number of metal blades to form a relatively larger pitch between blades on a bottom side of the arranged blades than on a top side the arranged blades and mounting the arranged blades to a mounting structure formed to receive each blade as arranged.
Claims20
A fluid manifold, comprising:
- a number of blades, the number of blades in the form of a plurality of hoops;
- and
- a mounting structure securing the blades in place;
- wherein the fluid manifold is to interface between a printhead die and a number of fluid source slots.
A method of manufacturing a fluid manifold, comprising:
- arranging a number of metal blades between a number of sliding blades to form a relatively larger pitch between blades on a bottom side of the arranged blades than on a top side the arranged blades;
- and
- mounting the arranged blades to a mounting structure formed to receive each blade as arranged.
A media wide array, comprising:
- a number of printhead dies;
- a number of fluid feed slots;
- and
- a number of fluid feed manifolds interposed between each of the printhead dies and fluid feed slots, each manifold comprising blades forming fluid channels from the fluid feed slots to the printhead dies;
- wherein the blades are formed of steel and the pitch of the fluid channels at a top portion of the manifold is between 590 μm to 3600 μm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.