Device for mixing inks, assembly comprising the device and the method for using same
AssigneeSociete BIC
InventorsFranck Rolion, Etienne Roudaut
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Abstract
A device for filling cartridges for a writing implement, the device including at least two separate connectors, a system for metering inks and a system for filling a cartridge, each connector being configured to connect a reservoir containing an ink to the cartridge. The invention also concerns an assembly comprising a device as previously defined and a plurality of ink reservoirs, each ink reservoir being connected to a connector of the device and a method for filling a cartridge using such an assembly.
Claims17
A device for filling cartridges for a writing implement, the device comprising:
- a first connector;
- a second connector;
- a metering system for metering inks;
- and
- a filling system for filling a cartridge, wherein:
- the first connector is configured to connect a first reservoir containing a first ink to the cartridge,
- the second connector is configured to connect a second reservoir containing a second ink to the cartridge,
- the metering system is configured to draw the first ink from the first reservoir,
- the metering system is configured to draw the second ink from the second reservoir, and
- the filling system is configured to fill the cartridge with the first ink and the second ink;
- wherein the first connector comprises:
- an inlet shutter configured to assume an open configuration or a closed configuration;
- and
- an actuator configured to:
- automatically change the inlet shutter from the closed configuration to the open configuration when the first reservoir is connected to the first connector, and
- automatically change the inlet shutter from the open configuration to the closed configuration when the first reservoir is disconnected from the first connector.
A device for filling cartridges for a writing implement, the device comprising:
- a first connector;
- a second connector;
- a metering system for metering inks;
- and
- a filling system for filling a cartridge, wherein:
- the first connector is configured to connect a first reservoir containing a first ink to the cartridge,
- the second connector is configured to connect a second reservoir containing a second ink to the cartridge,
- the metering system is configured to draw the first ink from the first reservoir,
- the metering system is configured to draw the second ink from the second reservoir, and
- the filling system is configured to fill the cartridge with the first ink and the second ink;
- wherein the filling system comprises:
- an outlet shutter configured to assume an open configuration or a closed configuration;
- and
- an actuator configured to:
- automatically change the outlet shutter from the closed configuration to the open configuration when a cartridge is connected to the filling system, and
- automatically change the outlet shutter from the open configuration to the closed configuration when the cartridge is disconnected from the filling system.
A method for filling a cartridge for a writing implement in an assembly, wherein the assembly includes a device for filling cartridges for a writing implement, the device comprising:
- a first connector;
- a second connector;
- a metering system for metering inks;
- and a filling system for filling a cartridge, wherein:
- the first connector is configured to connect a first reservoir containing a first ink to the cartridge, the second connector is configured to connect a second reservoir containing a second ink to the cartridge, the metering system is configured to draw the first ink from the first reservoir, the metering system is configured to draw the second ink from the second reservoir, and the filling system is configured to fill the cartridge with the first ink and the second ink, the first ink reservoir connected to the first connector;
- and the second ink reservoir connected to the second connector the method comprising:
- using the metering system to draw off a first volume of the first ink from the first reservoir and a second volume of the second ink from the second reservoir;
- filling a cartridge with the first and second volumes of ink drawn off by the metering;
- attaching the cartridge to the writing implement;
- automatically opening, via an actuator, the filling system upon the cartridge being connected to the filling system;
- and
- automatically closing, via the actuator, the filling system upon the cartridge being disconnected from the filling system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.