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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:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Mark J. Ansier, Austin, TX (US);
Frank Jemela, Katy, TX (US);
Inventors:
Mark J. Ansier, Austin, TX (US);
Frank Jemela, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Tonerhead, Inc., McHenry, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B65B 1/043 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for refurbishing used ink jet cartridges and a method for operating an ink jet cartridge refurbishment facility. The apparatus includes a number of stations and accessories that perform the recovery and filling aspects of the ink jet cartridge refurbishment process. This apparatus may be one of a number of machines used in an ink jet cartridge refurbishment facility where ink jet device users may drop-off their used ink jet cartridges and pick-up replacement ink jet cartridges at the same location that refurbished the ink jet cartridges.