Incremental printing of symbolic information – Ink jet – Fluid or fluid source handling means
Patent
1992-03-10
1995-04-11
Grimley, A. T.
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Ink jet
Fluid or fluid source handling means
222 92, 222105, 347 87, B41J 2175
Patent
active
054063205
ABSTRACT:
The present invention constitutes in an ink jet printing apparatus, an improved ink replenishment system. An ink supply housing of the improved ink replenishment system includes a pair of opposed side walls having a plurality of attachments spaced in respective opposing vertical columns and detachable detents coupled to one of the attachments. An attachable ink supply conduit is associated an associated ink supply module includes a container of ink having an ink egress constructed to attach to the conduit, and a housing having bottom and side wall members supporting the container. The side walls have a vertical edge with a plurality of removable sections located in spaced relations corresponding to the column spacing of the attachments and sized to correspond to the detents. Only an ink supply module having proper sections removed can be moved into the housing to an extent sufficient for its egress to connect to the supply conduit.
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Durst Homer D.
Sonnenberg Sven
Dang Thu
Grimley A. T.
Haushalter Barbara Joan
Scitex Digital Printing, Inc.
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