Image forming apparatus and methods thereof
US8422918B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 29, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/104
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An ink tank apparatus usable with an image forming apparatus and methods of mixing ink in an ink tank apparatus are disclosed. The ink tank apparatus and methods include directing ink particles against at least one of an impeller and an interior surface of a head housing to reduce a particle size of the respective ink particles.
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