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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2016
Retail Inkjet Solutions, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Herb Sarnoff, Escondido, CA (US);
Jason Guhse, Poway, CA (US);
Brian J. Fox, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Scott Schultz, San Diego, CA (US);
Cecilia Gonzales, Phoenix, AZ (US);
George N. Popa, III, Poway, CA (US);
Keith Kopitzke, Fallbrook, CA (US);
Keith Emery, San Diego, CA (US);
Retail Inkjet Solutions, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments provide an inkjet cartridge refilling system. The system may include a drill station configured to drill at least one refilling hole in an inkjet printer cartridge. The system may include an evacuation station configured to remove excess ink from the inkjet printer cartridge. In some embodiments, the excess ink is removed via a vacuum source. The system may also include a filling station configured to provide any of a plurality of inks into the cartridge. Some embodiments provide the ink to the inkjet cartridge via a hole drilled in the cartridge. Other embodiments provide the ink via inkjet nozzles of the inkjet printer cartridge. The system may also include a test station configured to test the refilled cartridge to determine whether it is functioning properly after being filled with ink.