Segmented ink stick

US8075118B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 12, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 13, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 12, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J2/17593
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method facilitates insertion of a segmented ink stick into an ink feed system of a phase change ink jet printer. The method includes bending of a flexible strand between ink stick segments during insertion of the ink stick segments and then straightening the flexible strand to orient the ink stick segments in the ink feed system.