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US 2010/0302313 A1Published application
Fluid dispensing device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorGilbert G. Smith
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Abstract
A fluid dispensing device and method to wick fluid, to be ejected or expelled by a fluid ejecting device, along a capillary slot.
Claims20
A fluid dispensing device comprising:
- a fluid ejecting device having a nozzle;
- a structure having a first slot having a side opening and in fluidic communication with the nozzle, the slot being configured to wick fluid to the ejecting device;
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- a fluid receiving cup in fluidic communication with the first slot proximate an ejecting device end of the first slot.
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A fluid dispensing device comprising
- a structure having an opening through which fluid is to be supplied to a fluid ejecting device, the structure comprising:
- a capillary chamber having a side opening and fluidly connected to the opening;
- a fluid receiving cup in fluid communication with the capillary chamber and the opening.
A method comprising:
- filling a fluid receiving cup with fluid;
- drawing the fluid from the receiving cup into a capillary chamber using capillary forces of the capillary chamber
- drawing the fluid from the capillary chamber into a capillary channel of a fluid ejecting device using capillary forces of the capillary channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.