Ink supply assembly for supplying ink to an elongate printhead
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsKia Silverbrook, Tobin Allen King, Garry Raymond Jackson
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AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsKia Silverbrook, Tobin Allen King, Garry Raymond Jackson
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An ink supply assembly for supplying ink to an elongate printhead includes an ink reservoir that defines a number of channels, each channel being configured to contain an ink of a particular color and has a number of sets of filling formations and ink supply devices. Each device includes a molding of a settable material, the molding being a two-shot molding having a first part of a first material and a second part of a second material. The first part includes a plurality of collars of a hydrophobic, elastomeric compound which are configured to be sealingly and releasably engageable with respective ink filling formations of each set of the filling formations. The second part defines a number of ink chambers, each ink chamber being configured to contain ink of a particular color and being in fluid communication with a respective ink channel of one ink reservoir via one collar.
An ink supply assembly for supplying ink to an elongate printhead that includes at least one printhead chip, the assembly comprising
An ink supply device for supplying ink to an elongate printhead that includes at least one printhead chip, from a reservoir, each reservoir defining a number of channels, each channel being configured to contain an ink of a particular color, and each ink reservoir having a number of sets of filling formations, each filling formation of each set being in fluid communication with a respective channel, the device comprising
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