Printing fluid container
OwnerGarry Rooney, Frank Woods +1inventors
InventorsGarry Rooney, Frank Woods, Bryan Murphy
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Abstract
A printing fluid container for a printing fluid source for a printer system, wherein the printing fluid container comprises a sealing material layer being arranged in a closure device printing fluid outlet opening, the sealing material layer having a fluid outlet condition, in which the sealing material layer is pierced by engagement of a fluidic interconnect device of the printing fluid source and the closure device printing fluid outlet opening, as well as a printing fluid source, a printer system, a printer system arrangement and a method of filling a printing fluid source.
Claims6
A printing fluid container for a printing fluid source for a printer system, the printing fluid container comprising:
- a neck having an outer opening;
- a closure device comprising:
- a closure device main body connected to the neck, the closure device main body comprising a closure device printing fluid outlet opening and a closure device printing fluid outlet passage extending from the outer opening of the neck through the closure device main body to the closure device printing fluid outlet opening;
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- a closure device lid connected to the closure device main body, wherein
- the closure device lid comprises a lid member for closing the closure device printing fluid outlet opening, and
- the closure device lid has a first position, in which the lid member closes the closure device printing fluid outlet opening, and a second position, in which the lid member opens the closure device printing fluid outlet opening;
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- a sealing material layer disposed within the closure device printing fluid outlet opening of the closure device, the sealing material layer having:
- an initial condition, in which the closure device printing fluid outlet opening is sealed;
- a fluid outlet condition, in which the sealing material layer is pierced by engagement of a fluidic interconnect device of the printing fluid source, which fluidic interconnect device provides a printing fluid inlet passage towards an inner space of the printing fluid source, and the closure device printing fluid outlet opening establishing a fluid path through the closure device printing fluid outlet opening;
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- a re-sealing condition, in which the sealing material layer re-seals the closure device printing fluid outlet opening upon removal of the fluidic interconnect device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.