Patent ID: 8240813

Claim:
A printhead assembly for use in an imaging device, the printhead assembly including: a printhead having a faceplate, the printhead being configured to receive liquid ink from an ink source and to eject ink through apertures in the faceplate; and a drip bib mounted to the printhead, the drip bib including: a plate having a front face, a rear face, an upper edge, and a lower edge; and at least one elongated recess on the rear face of the plate and positioned along the upper edge of the plate that is parallel to the faceplate of the printhead to which the drip bib is mounted and that abuts a lower edge of the faceplate of the printhead to which the drip bib is mounted, the at least one elongated recess offsetting the front face of the plate from the faceplate of the printhead to which the drip bib is mounted to recess the front face of the drip bib with respect to the faceplate of the printhead to which the drip bib is mounted and impede ink from moving from the drip bib to the faceplate of the printhead to which the drip bib is mounted.