Ink jet apparatus
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsSteven R. Slotto, Brian E. Sonnichsen
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Abstract
A drop emitting apparatus including an ink jet printhead; a plurality of on-board ink reservoirs for supplying ink to the ink jet printhead; a plurality of remote ink containers; a plurality of ink supply conduits fluidically connected between the remote ink containers and the on-board ink reservoirs; a common air vent, connected to each one of the plurality of remote ink containers, for venting said each one of the plurality of remote ink containers as ink is supplied to the on-board ink reservoirs from the remote ink containers.
Claims6
An apparatus comprising:
- an ink jet printhead;
- a plurality of on-board ink reservoirs for supplying ink to the ink jet printhead;
- a plurality of remote ink containers;
- a plurality of ink supply conduits fluidically connected between the remote ink containers and the on-board ink reservoirs;
- a common air vent, connected to each one of said plurality of remote ink containers, for venting said each one of said plurality of remote ink containers as ink is supplied to the on-board ink reservoirs from said remote ink containers;
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- a plurality of ink vent lines connected to said common air vent, wherein each one of said ink vent lines is connected and associated to one of said plurality of remote ink containers, the plurality of remote ink containers, the common air vent and the plurality of ink vent lines are formed as an integral structure wherein includes a heating structure adjacent the integral structure.
An apparatus for supplying ink to the ink jet printhead comprising:
- an ink reservoir including a plurality of ink containers;
- a plurality of ink supply conduits fluidically connected between the ink containers and the ink reservoir;
- a common air vent, connected to each one of said plurality of ink containers, for venting said each one of said plurality of ink containers as ink is supplied to said ink container, the plurality of ink containers and the common air vent are formed as an integral structure wherein includes a heating structure adjacent the integral structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.