Patent ID: 7819501

Claim:
An apparatus for installing a jetting module in a printhead including a drop deflection mechanism and a catcher, the apparatus comprising: a printhead frame including a first set of mounting features, at least one of the drop deflection mechanism and the catcher being affixed to the printhead frame; a jetting module including a second set of mounting features that correspond to the first set of mounting features of the printhead frame, the jetting module including a first set of fluid and electrical connections; and a coupling frame including a second set of fluid and electrical connections that correspond to the first set of fluid and electrical connections of the jetting module, the coupling frame providing a force to maintain contact between the second set of mounting features of the jetting module and the first set of mounting features of the printhead frame after the second set of mounting features of the jetting module and the first set of mounting features of the printhead frame contact each other, the coupling frame providing the force to maintain contact between the second set of fluid and electrical connections of the coupling frame and the first set of fluid and electrical connections of the jetting module after the second set of fluid and electrical connections of the coupling frame and the first set of fluid and electrical connections of the jetting module contact each other.