Printhead assembly having recessed printhead
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorKia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A printhead assembly of a body and printhead is provided. The body has a first side, a second side opposed to the first side, the second side having a channel connected to a fluid supply, a recess separately defined in the second side, a plurality of passages defined through the body from the channel to the first side, and a plurality of fluid openings defined through the body from the first side to the recess, the fluid openings being individually connected to the channel via the passages. The printhead has fluid inlets connected to ejection nozzles, the printhead being received in the recess so that the fluid inlets interface with the fluid openings.
Claims4
A printhead assembly of a body and printhead, the body having:
- a first side;
- a second side opposed to the first side, the second side having a channel connected to a fluid supply;
- a recess separately defined in the second side;
- a plurality of passages defined through the body from the channel to the first side;
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- a plurality of fluid openings defined through the body from the first side to the recess, the fluid openings being individually connected to the channel via the passages, and the printhead having:
- fluid inlets connected to ejection nozzles, the printhead being received in the recess so that the fluid inlets interface with the fluid openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.