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Ink jet liquid injector

Granted 7 Feb 2006 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation

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Inventors: Satoru Katagami, Yoshiaki Yamada, Shinichi Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Kitahara · Examiner: Cathy Anne MacCormac · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/177,390
filed 11 Mar 2003
Publication
Not published
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US D514618
granted 7 Feb 2006

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view showing an…

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an ink jet liquid injector according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view showing a portion of FIG. 1 defined by crop lines 7—7;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view showing a portion of FIG. 3 defined by crop lines 8—8;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view showing a portion of FIG. 6 defined by crop lines 9—9;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a front view showing an ink jet liquid injector according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a rear view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 15 is a right side view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 16 is a left side view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 17 is an enlarged view showing a portion of FIG. 11 defined by crop lines 17—17;

FIG. 18 is an enlarged view showing a portion of FIG. 13 defined by crop lines 18—18;

FIG. 19 is an enlarged view showing a portion of FIG. 16 defined by crop lines 19—19; and,

FIG. 20 is a perspective view of FIG. 11.

The broken lines in each drawing are shown for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design. More specifically, the claimed design is directed to the upper left two liquid injection heads. Further, the dots shown in each head represent liquid injection ports and do not form part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D18/56347/40

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Pendency
2.9 y
1,064 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Cathy Anne MacCormac
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