Replaceable ink stick guides and supports

US7641327B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

• Brent R. Jones · Sherwood, US
• David L. Knierim · Wilsonville, US
• Edward F. Burress · West Linn, US
• Ernest Isreal Esplin · Sheridan, US
• Richard G. Chambers · Portland, US
• Jasper Wong · Portland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 17, 2006
• Grant date: Jan 5, 2010
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09D11/34
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A removable ink stick support for use in an ink loader of a phase change ink imaging device having a first end for ink stick support proximate a melt end of an ink loader and a second end for ink stick support proximate an insertion end of an ink loader. A longitudinal member extends between the first and second ends, the longitudinal member being configured to provide a contact surface for contacting at least a portion of an ink stick as the ink stick is fed along the feed channel.