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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Markus Burgin, Uster, CH;
Assignee:
Pelikan Produktions AG, , CH;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 87 ; 347 35 ;
Abstract
The liquid cartridge 1 of the invention has a housing 25 containing a liquid. A wall 27 of the cartridge has an opening 31 for placement on a stub 11 of a print head 2. The opening 31 also has a sealing ridge 32 protruding in the direction of an axis of the opening 31 which exerts a sealing effect against a frontal surface 21 of a packing ring 17 of the print head 2. A locking shoulder 33 approximately parallel to the wall 27 in which the opening is formed is engaged with a counter shoulder 34 of the print head 2. The liquid cartridge formed according to the present invention is manufactured economically and is easily positioned in a proper position in the print head.