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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:
Aug. 19, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1985
James D McCann, Waynesville, OH (US);
Michael J Piatt, Enon, OH (US);
Theodore F Williams, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An ink cartridge constructed for insertion into a continuous ink jet printer, includes a reservoir for containing an ink supply, an outlet for coupling the ink reservoir to a printer supply line, cartridge venturi elements having (i) a restriction region, (ii) an expansion region and (iii) an inlet for detachable coupling to an ink bypass line of such printer. The cartridge also includes an ink return inlet couplable to an ink return line(s) of the printer and a path defining an ink induction passage that extends from the venturi restriction region to the ink return inlet. Structural features of printer apparatus, adapted to cooperate with such a cartridge, are also disclosed.