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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:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
May. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shuichi Yamaguchi, Nagano, JP;
Toshio Ito, Nagano, JP;
Masahide Matsuyama, Nagano, JP;
Yasuhiro Ogura, Nagano, JP;
Fuminori Doi, Nagano, JP;
Masanori Kamijo, Nagano, JP;
Hisashi Koike, Nagano, JP;
Takeo Yamaguchi, Nagano, JP;
Hideo Fujimori, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 ;
Abstract
A method of refilling an ink bag of an ink cartridge for use in an ink-jet recorder. The method includes first removing the ink cartridge and ink bag from the ink-jet recorder. The ink bag may then be refilled by positioning the ink bag on a surface, inserting an ink needle into a port of the ink bag, and by discharging ink from the ink bag and charging the ink bag with a specified quantity of ink.