Patent ID: 7380924
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printhead assembly for an ink jet printer, the printhead assembly comprising an elongate channel member having a floor and a pair of opposed side walls; an elongate elastomeric ink delivery member positioned on the floor and having longitudinally extending delivery conduits, one end of the ink delivery member being engageable with an ink supply to the delivery conduits and an opposite end with a closure to close the ink delivery conduits, the ink delivery member defining a series of patterned holes in fluid communication with the ink delivery conduits; and a series of printhead modules releasably engaged with the elongate channel member to extend end-to-end along the channel member, each printhead module including an ink distribution structure in fluid communication with the series of patterned holes, and a printhead integrated circuit mounted on the ink distribution structure to receive ink from the ink distribution structure.