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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. 27, 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 with an ink supply delivery port having an opening for passage of ink from the ink-supply tank. An ink absorbing member formed of a porous material is mounted within the ink-supply tank and compressed relative to at least another region of the ink absorbing member at least in the region thereof facing the opening of the ink supply delivery port.