Patent ID: 8308281

Claim:
An ink umbilical assembly for transporting ink to a pair of print heads comprising: a first plurality of conduits, each conduit in the first plurality having a first end and a second end and the conduits in the first plurality of conduits being parallel to one another in a common plane; a second plurality of conduits, each conduit in the second plurality of conduits having a first end and a second end and the conduits in the second plurality of conduits being parallel to one another in a common plane; and a heater having a first planar side and a second planar side, the first plurality of conduits being coupled to the first planar side of the heater and the second plurality of conduits being coupled to the second planar side of the heater to configure the common plane of the first plurality of conduits in parallel with the common plane of the second plurality of conduits and interpose the heater between the two common planes to enable the heater to generate heat for ink being carried between the first and the second ends of the first plurality of conduits and between the first and the second ends of the second plurality of conduits.