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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce S Jones, Franklin, TN (US);
William Allen Putman, Franklin, TN (US);
Cecelia Dawn Moore, Murfreesboro, TN (US);
Assignee:
Nu-kote Imaging International, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 87 ;
Abstract
An ink refill bottle for a modified inkjet printhead cassette which has a rear wall opening through which the refill bottle may be inserted comprises a front wall connected to a rear wall by sidewalls to form an ink reservoir chamber, a foam adaptor for drawing ink from the ink chamber when called for by the printhead cassette, and an air inlet metering device for metering air into the ink chamber to replace the ink drawn from the ink chamber and for retaining the remainder of the ink in the ink chamber.