Patent ID: 6609787
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: B23P,B41J,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
An ink supply assembly for supplying ink to an elongate printhead that includes at least one printhead chip, the assembly comprisingink reservoirs, each ink reservoir defining a number of channels, each channel being configured to contain an ink of a particular color, and each ink reservoir having a number of filling formations, each filling formation being in fluid communication with a respective channel; and ink supply devices that each comprise a molding of a settable material, the molding being a two shot molding having a first part of a first material and a second part of a second material, wherein the first part comprises a plurality of collars of a hydrophobic, elastomeric compound which are configured to be sealingly and releasably engageable with respective ink filling formations of said ink reservoirs, and the second part defines a number of ink chambers, each ink chamber being configured to contain ink of a particular color and being in fluid communication with a respective ink channel of one ink reservoir via one collar.