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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1976
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas M Madigan, Pittsford, NY (US);
Assignee:
Itek Corporation, Lexington, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ; B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101422 ; 101232 ;
Abstract
A roller wick is positioned to transmit moisture in an uphill direction by capillary action from a roller wick reservoir to an inked paper roller drive means. A thicker relay wick transmits relatively large amounts of fluid from a relay wick reservoir, positioned higher than the roller wick reservoir, to the roller wick reservoir. The relay wick itself is positioned over the roller wick reservoir so that any drippings therefrom are deposited within the roller wick reservoir.