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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:
Oct. 20, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Nagano, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400124 ; 400470 ;
Abstract
An ink-supply system for a dot matrix printer including an ink-supply tank formed as a single disposable unit and adapted for mounting in and removal from the ink-supply system as a unit. The ink-supply tank is formed with a plurality of ink-supply sections, each of the ink-supply sections having an ink-supply delivery port. An ink absorbing member formed of a porous material substantially fills each of the ink-supply sections, substantially the desired capacity of ink for each of said ink-supply sections being carried by each of the ink absorbing members, at least two of the ink-supply sections carrying ink of different colors.