Patent ID: 7819513
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink stick for use in an ink delivery system of a phase change ink imaging device, the ink stick comprising: an ink stick body having first and second opposed ends, the first and second opposed ends being contoured to resist buckling in response to another ink stick abutting one of the first and the second opposed ends; and a first interlocking face at the first end and a second interlocking face at the second end, each interlocking face including a plurality of bosses and a plurality of boss recesses, the plurality of boss recesses of the first interlocking face being sized and positioned complementary to the plurality of bosses of the second interlocking face, and the plurality of boss recesses of the second interlocking face being sized and positioned complementary to the plurality of bosses of the first interlocking face.