PRINTHEAD RESERVOIR WITH SIPHON VENTS

A printhead reservoir assembly has at least one reservoir to hold ink. The assembly includes an outlet plate having siphon vents to allow air to exit an ink path, a manifold plate having at least one manifold to channel ink and manifold outlets to corresponding to the siphon vents, a jet stack havin...

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Hauptverfasser: PLATT DAVID P, BERGER SHARON S, BRICK JONATHAN R
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Zusammenfassung:A printhead reservoir assembly has at least one reservoir to hold ink. The assembly includes an outlet plate having siphon vents to allow air to exit an ink path, a manifold plate having at least one manifold to channel ink and manifold outlets to corresponding to the siphon vents, a jet stack having an array of jets to transfer ink out of the printhead reservoir assembly to a printing substrate and jet stack outlets corresponding to the siphon vents, and a circuit board between the jet stack and the manifold plate to operate the jet stack, the circuit board having outlets corresponding to the siphon vents. A printhead reservoir has an ink input port, an ink reservoir to hold ink received through the ink input port, an ink channel to pipe ink to the jets, and an air vent at the top of the channels to vent the air bubbles from the jet ink path when pressure is applied. The air vents have channels separate from the jetting fluid path that exit the jet stack. A manifold plate has at least one manifold to direct ink to a jet path. Each manifold plate has a bottom edge and a top edge, the top edge being scalloped to form traps, and manifold plate outlets corresponding siphon vents on a back side of the manifold plate such that air exits to a front side of the manifold plate.