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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. 06, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2001
Pamela J. Hartman, Hilton, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A system for supplying a liquid material to an ink jet printing apparatus including a plurality of printheads is disclosed. The system includes a housing defining a first chamber and a second chamber, the second chamber including a ventilation port and being adapted to store a supply of liquid ink therein. The first chamber includes a liquid reserve pocket adapted to supply the printheads with small amounts of the liquid material therein. The second chamber includes a foam material positioned therein. The system includes a device activated by a user for piercing said reserve pocket thereby allowing any of the liquid material therein to flow into the said first chamber. The liquid material can be either ink or a maintenance fluid.
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