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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:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Carlotta, Sodus, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 87 ;
Abstract
An ink jet printhead cartridge having a fluid valved breather. The ink jet printhead cartridge includes a housing having an air inlet, an ink outlet, a first chamber, and a second chamber. The first chamber contains a supply of ink and is substantially free of ink-retaining foam. The second chamber includes an ink-retaining foam which saturates with ink for supply to an ink jet printhead. An air transfer passageway connects the first chamber to the second chamber so that air pressure affects the level of ink in the first chamber thereby maintaining a level of ink in the second chamber sufficient for supplying ink to the ink jet printhead.