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Ink jet liquid injector

Granted 11 Dec 2007 · no office action yet

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation

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

Application
29/222,350
filed 31 Jan 2005
Publication
Not published
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US D557332
granted 11 Dec 2007

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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 designs are directed to the 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

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D18/56347/86

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Examiner
Cathy Anne MacCormac
art unit 2914 · TC 2900
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