Printhead assembly with printhead ic tiles
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsRoger Mervyn Lloyd Foote, Tobin Allen King, Garry Raymond Jackson, Kia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A printhead assembly for a pagewidth printer arrangement includes a channel shaped member; and a number of printhead tiles located in the channel shaped member. Each tile includes a printhead integrated circuit (IC) carrier member for receiving a printhead IC; and an ink ducting member that mates with the carrier member and defines ink ducts for supplying the printhead IC with ink via the carrier member. The carrier member is a first molding that defines a channel in which the associated printhead IC is received. The first molding has conductive ribs on one side of the channel, the conductive ribs wired to electrical contacts of the printhead IC.
Claims5
A printhead assembly for a pagewidth printer arrangement, the printhead assembly comprising
- a channel shaped member;
- and
- a number of printhead tiles located in the channel shaped member, each tile comprising
- a printhead integrated circuit (IC) carrier member for receiving a printhead IC;
- and
- an ink ducting member that mates with the carrier member and defines ink ducts for supplying the printhead IC with ink via the carrier member, wherein
- the carrier member is a first molding that defines a channel in which the associated printhead IC is received, and
- the first molding has conductive ribs on one side of the channel, the conductive ribs wired to electrical contacts of the printhead IC.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.