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Inkjet pen/printhead with shipping fluid

US8596746B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2009
Grant dateDec 3, 2013
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49401
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An inkjet pen includes a printhead firing chamber, a nozzle plate having at least one nozzle in fluid communication with the firing chamber, and a layer of shipping fluid within the firing chamber and covering the nozzle plate and the at least one nozzle. The shipping fluid has a density that is different than that of the ink that will be ejected from the firing chamber to form an image on media.

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