Method of operating a liquid ejection device
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorKia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A method of operating a liquid ejection device including a fluid chamber having a fluid outlet port in a wall of the chamber; a fluid inlet port in a wall of the chamber and a paddle located in the chamber, the paddle including a fluid directing means; the method including urging the paddle from a first position to a second position to cause ink to flow out of the outlet and thereby cause a meniscus to bulge, the motion causing the fluid directing means to direct fluid away from the inlet and urging the paddle from the second position to a first position to cause the meniscus to break thereby ejecting ink from the outlet.
Claims7
A method of operating a liquid ejection device including:
- a fluid chamber having:
- a fluid outlet port in a wall of the chamber;
- a fluid inlet port in a wall of the chamber;
- and,
- a paddle located in the chamber, the paddle including a fluid directing means;
- the method including:
- urging the paddle from a first position to a second position to cause ink to flow out of the outlet and thereby cause a meniscus to bulge, the motion causing the fluid directing means to direct fluid away from the inlet;
- and,
- urging the paddle from the second position to a first position to cause the meniscus to break thereby ejecting ink from the outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.