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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2007
Neil Emerton, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Benjamin David Brown, Cambridgeshire, GB;
John Lawton Sharp, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Neil Emerton, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Benjamin David Brown, Cambridgeshire, GB;
John Lawton Sharp, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Tonejet Limited., Melbourn, Royston, Hertfordshire, unknown;
Abstract
An ink management system for supplying or receiving liquid at a controlled pressure, comprising: a closed reservoir; a weir disposed in the reservoir, configured to separate the reservoir into a first and a second chamber; the first chamber having an inlet for receiving liquid from a first remote location; and the weir being disposed such that the level of liquid in the first chamber can be maintained at a constant height; wherein the reservoir is sealed from the surrounding atmosphere and the system further comprises a pumped outlet disposed in the second chamber and arranged to remove liquid and gas contained within the reservoir.