Patent ID: 8454146
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet cartridge having a collapsible ink reservoir, comprising: a cartridge housing within which the collapsible ink reservoir is disposed and the ink reservoir has an opening through which ink is supplied to a printhead in fluid communication with the ink reservoir; and a snout member, on which the printhead is mounted, is attached to the housing and the snout includes a standpipe having a first opening adjacent to the reservoir opening and second opening adjacent to the printhead providing the fluid communication between the ink reservoir and the printhead; wherein the printhead includes an ink slot and a plurality of ink ejection chambers in fluid communication with the standpipe and ink reservoir to eject ink from the cartridge, and the snout has a longitudinal axis that is disposed at an acute angle relative to the printhead when the printhead is disposed in either a vertical or horizontal printing position and the second opening has larger height and width dimensions than the ink slot and is concentrically aligned with the ink slot so that gas bubbles generated at the printhead may travel through the second opening and toward the first opening of the standpipe.