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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:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1997
John A Barinaga, Portland, OR (US);
John A Underwood, Vancouver, WA (US);
James Cameron, Portland, OR (US);
Winthrop D Childers, San Diego, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention is a replaceable ink container for use with a printing apparatus. The printing apparatus of the type having out of ink detection. The replaceable ink container includes a fluid reservoir having an outlet. The outlet is configured for connection to a fluid inlet associated with the printing apparatus. Also included in the replaceable ink container is an actuator engagement device for engaging an actuator associated with the printing apparatus. The actuator is of the type that is movable between a first position wherein an out of ink signal is generated and a second position. The actuator engagement device is disposed and arranged to engage the actuator to prevent movement of the actuator from the second position to the first position thereby preventing the out of ink signal.