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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2021
Videojet Technologies Inc., Wood Dale, IL (US);
Michael Jeffrey Stamp, Leicester, GB;
Robert Smith, Northamptonshire, GB;
Videojet Technologies Inc., Wood Dale, IL (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for continuous ink jet printing, comprising: an ink system comprising an ink storage tank () operable to supply ink to a print head associated with the apparatus; a single cartridge connection () for releasable engagement with a fluid cartridge (), the cartridge connection () comprising: a fluid connector () for engaging an outlet of a fluid cartridge; and a conduit configured to allow fluid to flow along a fluid pathway from a cartridge engaged with the cartridge connection, via the fluid connector, to the ink storage tank. The apparatus has a first configuration in which a solvent cartridge is engaged with the cartridge connection and in which the apparatus is configured to receive solvent from the engaged solvent cartridge, and a second configuration in which an ink cartridge is engaged with the cartridge connection and in which the apparatus is configured to receive ink from the engaged ink cartridge.