Ink delivery assembly for a pagewidth printhead assembly
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsKia Silverbrook, Tobin Allen King, Janette Faye Lee
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Abstract
An ink delivery assembly feeds ink from an ink supply unit to an inkjet printhead. The assembly includes an elongate channel member that defines a plurality of longitudinally arranged parallel channels through which ink from the ink supply unit can be transported. A plurality of spaced apart sets of outlets is serially arranged along the channel member. Ink can be provided through the sets of outlets to the printhead. Each outlet of each set is in fluid communication with a respective one of the channels.
Claims12
An ink delivery assembly for delivering ink from an ink supply unit to an inkjet printhead, the ink delivery assembly comprising:
- an elongate fluid channel member defining a plurality of longitudinally arranged parallel channels, the elongate fluid channel member made up of a plurality of interconnected fluid channel modules;
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- a plurality of spaced apart sets of outlets serially arranged along the elongate fluid channel member through which ink is provided to the printhead, each outlet of each set being in fluid communication with a respective one of the parallel channels.
An ink delivery assembly for delivering ink from an ink supply unit to an inkjet printhead, the ink delivery assembly comprising:
- an elongate fluid channel member defining a plurality of longitudinally arranged parallel channels, the elongate fluid channel member made up of a plurality of distinct fluid channel modules interconnected end-to-end in a modular manner along a length of the elongate fluid channel member;
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- a plurality of spaced apart sets of outlets serially arranged on each distinct fluid channel module through which ink is provided to the printhead, each outlet of each set being in fluid communication with a respective one of the parallel channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.