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6736488 Electrical interconnect for printhead assembly  
An electrical interconnect includes an interconnect housing including a side and a face contiguous with the side, a plurality of electrical contacts each supported by the interconnect housing and...
6715857 Printhead carrier housing and flexible printed circuit attached to same  
A carrier assembly includes a carrier housing defined in part by a wall having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a distal end. A slot extends between the interior surface of the wall and...
6695436 Apparatus to remove ink cartridge of ink-jet printer  
An apparatus to remove an ink cartridge of an ink-jet printer. The apparatus includes a carriage having a supporting frame movably supported by a guide rail, and a receptacle connected to the...
6692107 Ink cartridge body and carrier assembly  
The invention relates to an ink cartridge body which is removably mountable in a printer carriage area of an ink jet printer and an alignment and latching mechanism for the ink cartridge body. The...
6672706 Wide format pagewidth inkjet printer  
A print assembly for a wide format pagewidth inkjet printer includes an elongate carrier that is mountable on a support structure of the printer and is positioned an operative distance from a...
6672699 Apparatus for determining cartridge type of printer using micro injecting device  
In an apparatus for determining cartridge type using micro injecting device, when various types of cartridges are mounted in a printer, the cartridge type is determined using a contact structure of...
6655785 Print element and method for assembling a print head  
A print element including a heat sink, a printed wiring member mounted on the heat sink, a thermal ink jet assembly mounted to the heat sink, and a manifold assembly mounted to the heat sink. The...
6655786 Mounting of printhead in support member of six color inkjet modular printhead  
A printhead includes a receiving member defined in a receiving zone. At least one printhead module is received in the receiving zone of the receiving member. Complementary locating formations are...
6648456 Printing apparatus  
To provide a printing apparatus enabling its ink supplying member connected to a liquid jet head unit to be prevented from breaking when removing the liquid jet head unit mounted on a head mounting...
6644780 Carriage with clamping device for reliable mounting of printheads  
A printer carriage has a chute for removably holding a print cartridge, and includes a set of datums on a forward portion of the chute for positioning the print cartridge. A spring-loaded clamp is...
6637864 Ink supply system for an ink jet printer  
A device and method for supplying ink to ink jet printer heads comprising first and second carriage portions non-rigidly coupled such that the two carriage portions are free to rotate independently...
6637863 Print cartridge latching system  
An ink jet printer including a print carriage and a latching assembly for latching print cartridges in the print carriage. The print cartridge includes a latch feature on a top wall of the...
6634740 Consumable module for an electronic appliance  
An electrically operated consumable module to be inserted into a holder of an electronic appliance, in particular an ink cartridge for the printing device of a franking machine, has a consumable...
6634746 Recording apparatus  
A recording apparatus includes a carriage for carrying a recording head, a sheet-feeding cassette for holding recording sheets to be recorded, a sheet-discharging cassette for holding recording...
6631978 Ink tank holding member and ink jet cartridge provided with such holding member  
An ink tank holding member for holding ink tanks containing ink is made freely attachable and detachable, at the same time, having ink lead-out members for leading out ink from ink supply ports...
6623106 Overlapping printhead module array configuration  
A modular printhead for a digital ink jet printer where the modules ( 2 ) are arranged in an overlapping configuration to preserve continuity between the printing from adjacent modules ( 2 ). The...
6623700 Level sense and control system for biofluid drop ejection devices  
A level control mechanism is provided for a biofluid drop ejection device which ejects biofluid drops in small volumes. The biofluid drop device includes a drop ejection mechanism having a...
6623105 Printhead cartridge latching assembly  
Apparatus for holding and securing a printer cartridge to a printer that is easy to use and manipulate. The apparatus utilizes a number of mechanical features including cams and pivoting pins to...
6623100 Printer with two printing stations  
In a printer with two printing stations, two printin-head holders ( 22 ) with holding means ( 26, 30 ) for the detachable holding of one print head ( 24, 48 ) each are arranged on a carriage ( 16 )...
6612240 Drying of an image on print media in a modular commercial printer  
Drying equipment for a printer for aiding drying of a printed image on a web of print media includes a feed path through which the print media containing the printed image is fed after printing of...
6575559 Joining of different materials of carrier for fluid ejection devices  
A carrier for a plurality of fluid ejection devices includes a substrate and a substructure. The substrate includes a first material and has a first side adapted to receive the fluid ejection...
6554402 Ink cartridge with color discrimination structure  
An ink cartridge for an inkjet printer includes a housing for supporting an ink supply in a cavity within the cartridge housing and a color or ink type discrimination structure connected to the...
6536870 Ink jet recording cartridge, method for manufacturing ink jet recording cartridge, apparatus for manufacturing ink jet recording cartridge, and recording apparatus  
An ink jet recording cartridge mounted on a movable carriage comprises an ink jet recording head for recording by discharging ink from the discharge ports to a recording medium, and a housing for...
6520625 Carriage and recording apparatus  
The invention provides a carriage for a recording apparatus, comprising a head mounting portion on which a head cartridge is detachably mounted, a connector portion to be electrically connected...
6499823 Ink jet recording head having substrate and ceiling plate base pressed together by base plate and ink supply member  
An ink jet recording head includes a substrate having an element surface provided with energy generating elements, a ceiling plate provided with a grooved surface having grooves to become ink...
6493937 Method of manufacture for ink-jet hard copy apparatus using a modular approach to ink-jet technology  
A manufacturing method provides ink-jet writing engine modules for use with a compatible hard copy engine module, a hard copy apparatus based thereon, and methods of manufacturing, operation, and...
6481829 Manually actuated carrier latch mechanism  
A manually actuated spring loaded latch mechanism for releasably securing a printhead cartridge in a carrier of an ink jet printer. A latch cover engages the printhead cartridge and is secured by...
6471333 Method and apparatus for keying ink supply containers  
Embodiments of the present invention comprise containers for consumable substances, such as ink, and the corresponding receiving stations, such as inkjet printers. The containers and receiving...
6471335 Method for mutual spatial registration of inkjet cartridges  
A method is presented for aligning the nozzles of a number of individual inkjet cartridges that are combined to create a multiple inkjet head array for an inkjet printer. The method includes...
6464339 Fluid interconnect port seal with lock-out tab  
Removable fluid port seals for fluid containers that are configured for insertion into a receiving station within a fluid utilizing system are disclosed. An exemplary use of the fluid port seal is...
6464338 Ink jet head with separable tank holding member and recording unit  
An ink jet recording head capable of separating or coupling ink tanks from or with the head including a recording device substrate having a plurality of recording devices thereon for discharging...
6457811 Self-aligned interconnect and method for producing same  
A self-aligned interconnect significantly reduces manufacturing costs and provides important advantages in a number of specific applications begins with a single crystal substrate. The substrate is...
6457804 Spring for latching a print cartridge in a carriage  
A spring for latching a print cartridge in a carriage in a facsimile printer mechanism. The spring is a cantilever that is doubled back on itself to obtain a long effective length is a short space.
6457810 Method of assembly of six color inkjet modular printhead  
A method of assembling a printhead which has a receiving member and a plurality of printhead modules arranged end-to-end in the receiving member includes, upon completion of manufacturing the...
6454394 Inkjet head which prevents transfer of a load applied to an inkjet-head-side connector  
An inkjet head is provided with a flexible printed circuit cable where a head body for ejecting ink and a connector are mounted at places different from each other, and the flexible printed circuit...
6435663 Liquid discharge recording apparatus, liquid discharge head unit, and mounting method therefor  
A liquid discharge head unit is positioned in high precision when mounted on the carriage of a liquid discharge recording apparatus. For the liquid discharge head unit, a side extrusion formed in...
6435662 Ink-jet print cartridge, ink-jet printer, method and apparatus  
An ink-jet print cartridge is especially configured for loading and unloading into and from an inkjet print cartridge by use of substantially only horizontal translational movements relative to a...
6428141 Reference datums for inkjet printhead assembly  
A carrier adapted to support at least one printhead die includes a substrate having at least one surface and at least one datum attached to the at least one surface of the substrate. The substrate...
6428145 Wide-array inkjet printhead assembly with internal electrical routing system  
A wide-array inkjet printhead assembly includes a carrier and a plurality of printhead dies mounted on the carrier. The carrier includes a plurality of conductive layers, a plurality of conductive...
6416166 Ink cartridge with alignment features and method of inserting cartridge into a printer receptacle  
An ink cartridge for an ink jet printer includes alignment features in the form of recesses formed on front and back side walls of the cartridge surface near the bottom thereof. An ink cartridge...
6416165 Printhead assembly and method of using same  
An ink-jet printhead assembly including an elongated printhead carriage for supporting a plurality of printheads for movement across a path of travel of print media. The carriage includes a pair of...
6412911 Ink tank support assembly seal and biasing element  
An ink tank and ink tank support structure which contains structural elements which are designed to permit proper installation of the ink tank in the ink tank support structure while minimizing the...
6409307 Coplanar mounting of printhead dies for wide-array inkjet printhead assembly  
An inkjet printhead assembly includes a substrate having a non-planar surface and a plurality of adhesive quantities each disposed on the non-planar surface of the substrate. As such, a plurality...
6402298 Ink tank module, ink tank coupling member, and inkjet recording apparatus  
An ink tank module used for an inkjet recording apparatus includes a plurality of ink tanks having substantially the same outside shape and integrated by being coupled together, wherein each of the...
6398335 Magnetic connection of ink-jet printer components  
A component, such as an ink cartridge, is provided with magnetic members. A corresponding component in the printer system, such as a carriage, is also provided with magnetic members so that...
6398344 Print head assembly for a modular commercial printer  
A print head assembly for a printer includes at least one print head molding which supports an elongate print head chip for effecting pagewidth printing. The molding defines at least one ink...
6390601 Ink tank, ink jet head cartridge, and ink jet recording apparatus  
An ink tank is to be held detachably on a tank holder provided with a movable lever having a first engaging pawl to engage with a first engagement hole provided for one side wall of the tank...
6386681 Carrier assembly and ink jet printhead assembly associated therewith  
The printhead unit is for an imaging apparatus having a guide member. The printhead unit is configured to be positioned in a carrier assembly within the imaging apparatus and is configured for...
6378985 Ink-jet printer having carriage and flexible circuit movably connected, method and apparatus  
An ink-jet printer includes an ink-jet cartridge having a flexible circuit connecting to a carriage in a relatively movable but movably constrained relationship. The carriage and the flexible...
RE37671 Printhead-carriage alignment and electrical interconnect lock-in mechanism  
A printhead cartridge and carriage assembly ( 10 ) is provided comprising: a carriage ( 12 ); a snap-spring ( 62 ) for securing a printing cartridge ( 14 ) in postion on the carriage; and an...