Interchangeable fluid interconnect attachment and interface

Details Interchangeable fluid interconnect attachment and interface Interchangeable fluid interconnect attachment and interface

1998-03-04

2000-09-05

Le, N.

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Fluid or fluid source handling means

B41J 2175

Patent

active

061132292

ABSTRACT:
An inkjet printing system provides an on/off valve adapted for periodic engagement with an inlet port on a print cartridge mounted in a carriage. The valve is connected to an ink supply which is located off the carriage. A manually actuated set of individual locking gates allows each valve to be separately mounted on a holder capable of carrying multiple valves. As the ink reservoir in the print cartridge is slowly depleted during operation of the printing system, a mechanism periodically moves the valves from a first passive position separated from the print cartridges to a second active position engaged with the inlet port of the print cartridges in order to allow replenishment without removing the print cartridges from the carriage.

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