Print element and method for assembling a print head
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsBrian S. Hilton, Arthur J. Sobon, Steven R. Moore, David S. Derleth, Richard C. Keefe
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Abstract
A print element including a heat sink, a printed wiring member mounted on the heat sink, a thermal ink jet assembly mounted to the heat sink, and a manifold assembly mounted to the heat sink. The manifold assembly has a first mount for removably connecting a first source of ink to the manifold assembly and a first outlet to the thermal ink jet assembly. The print element can be combined with a housing to form a print head in a first type of printing device or can be used without the housing in a second different printing device.
Claims15
A print head comprising:
- a housing having a receiving area for removably receiving at least one ink tank;
- a print element connected to the housing, wherein the print element comprises an ink delivery nozzle, electrical conductors, and a manifold assembly mounted to the ink delivery nozzle for delivering ink to the nozzle, the manifold assembly having at least one mount for removably connecting the at least one ink tank to the manifold assembly,
- a heat sink connected to the ink delivery nozzle;
- and
- wherein the housing comprises an aperture through the housing and into the receiving area, wherein the heat sink is located at an exterior of the housing, and wherein the manifold assembly extends through the aperture into the receiving area such that the mount is located in the receiving area of the housing.
A print head assembly comprising:
- a carriage;
- and
- two print heads connected to the carriage, each print head having a housing and a print element connected to the housing, each housing having a receiving area for removably receiving at least one ink tank, and each print element having an ink delivery nozzle and an ink manifold assembly mounted to the ink delivery nozzle, wherein a portion of each of the ink manifold assemblies are located in their respective housing receiving areas and the two print heads each include a heat sink which are each located at exterior sides of the respective housings and located between the two housings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.