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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2002
Walter J. Kulpa, Trumbull, CT (US);
Edward O'Sullivan, Meriden, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A receiving assembly for an ink cartridge is provided. A replaceable ink cartridge is provided with one or more bosses that extend out from the ink cartridge. A lever is rotatively mounted to a housing for the ink cartridge. The lever includes a curved cam slot. During rotational movement of the lever, the cam slot operatively engages a respective boss and causes the boss to follow a cam formed by the sides of the cam slot. Following the cam form by the cam slot cause the boss to move either upward or downward, according to the direction of the rotational movement, and corresponding movement of the ink cartridge. Downward movement of the ink cartridge will cause a needle mounted to the housing to puncture a septum in the bottom of the ink cartridge, thereby allowing access to the ink contained therein.