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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2009
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Akira Nakazawa, Balmain, AU;
Christopher Hibbard, Balmain, AU;
Paul Ian Mackey, Balmain, AU;
Norman Michael Berry, Balmain, AU;
Garry Raymond Jackson, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Akira Nakazawa, Balmain, AU;
Christopher Hibbard, Balmain, AU;
Paul Ian Mackey, Balmain, AU;
Norman Michael Berry, Balmain, AU;
Garry Raymond Jackson, Balmain, AU;
Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales, AU;
Abstract
A refill unit for refilling a negatively pressurized ink storage compartment that supplies ink to a printhead assembly. The refill unit has a body with a variable volume container for holding a quantity of ink and an actuator for fluidically isolating the printhead assembly and the ink storage compartment as the refill unit engages the ink storage compartment.