Solid ink stick for a color printer

- Tektronix, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a solid ink stick for a color printer showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof, the opposite side being identical;

FIG. 4 is an end elevational view thereof, the opposite end being identical;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front perspective view of a second embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is an end elevational view of FIG. 6, the opposite end being identical;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 6; and,

FIG. 9 is a side elevational view of FIG. 6, the opposite side being identical.

The top of the second embodiment is identical to FIG. 2 of the first embodiment.

The broken line portions of FIGS. 6-9 are environmental only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D403351
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 10, 1997
Date of Patent: Dec 29, 1998
Assignee: Tektronix, Inc. (Wilsonville, OR)
Inventors: Penelope C. Yao (Evanston, IL), David L. Brown (Milwaukie, OR), Henry Y. Chin (Portland, OR)
Primary Examiner: Cathy Anne MacCormac
Attorney: Charles F. Moore
Application Number: 0/67,475
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment (9) (D18/56); For Hot-melt Fluid (e.g., Phase-change) (347/88)
International Classification: 1802;