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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:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takuro Ito, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Shinichiro Fujii, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 ; B67C 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 ; B67C 3/00 ;
Abstract
An ink supplement system comprises a bottle holder unit for holding an ink bottle storing ink and detachably attached thereto, and an ink tank for receiving ink from the ink bottle held by the bottle holder unit. Particularly, the ink bottle includes an ink supply port having a filter affixed to a back thereof, and the bottle holder unit includes an ink supplement pump which suctions ink through the ink supply port of the ink bottle attached to the bottle holder unit so as to supplement the ink into the ink tank.