Printhead reservoir with siphon vents
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsDavid P. Platt, Sharon S. Berger, Jonathan R. Brick
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Abstract
A printhead reservoir assembly has at least one reservoir to hold ink. The assembly includes an outlet plate having siphon vents to allow air to exit an ink path, a manifold plate having at least one manifold to channel ink and manifold outlets to corresponding to the siphon vents, a jet stack having an array of jets to transfer ink out of the printhead reservoir assembly to a printing substrate and jet stack outlets corresponding to the siphon vents, and a circuit board between the jet stack and the manifold plate to operate the jet stack, the circuit board having outlets corresponding to the siphon vents.
Claims10
A printhead reservoir assembly, comprising:
- a reservoir having at least one reservoir to hold ink;
- an outlet plate having siphon vents to allow air to exit an ink path;
- a manifold plate having at least one manifold to channel ink and manifold outlets to corresponding to the siphon vents;
- a jet stack having an array of jets to transfer ink out of the printhead reservoir assembly to a printing substrate and jet stack outlets corresponding to the siphon vents;
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- a circuit board between the jet stack and the manifold plate to operate the jet stack, the circuit board having outlets corresponding to the siphon vents.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.