Printhead assembly having printhead integrated circuit carriers arranged end-to-end on ink supply support structure
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorKia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A printhead assembly comprises an elongate support structure; a series of side wall sections extending a length of the support structure and defining a plurality of ink supply channels, edges of the walls delineating a gap; a plurality of carriers positioned end-to-end in the gap and supported at a bottom surface thereof by said edges of the walls; and a printhead integrated circuit mounted to each carrier. The bottom surface of each carriers defines a plurality of apertures each in fluid communication with a respective ink supply passage defined through the carrier and respective ink supply channels defined by the series of side wall sections.
Claims3
A printhead assembly comprising:
- an elongate support structure;
- a series of side wall sections extending a length of the support structure and defining a plurality of ink supply channels, edges of the walls delineating a gap;
- a plurality of carriers positioned end-to-end in the gap and supported at a bottom surface thereof by said edges of the walls;
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- a printhead integrated circuit mounted to each carrier, wherein
- the bottom surface of each carriers defines a plurality of apertures each in fluid communication with a respective ink supply passage defined through the carrier and respective ink supply channels defined by the series of side wall sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.