Ink container configured to establish reliable fluidic connection to a receiving station
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMark A. Smith, John L. Taylor, David R. Otis JR.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a replaceable ink container for providing ink to an inkjet printing system. The inkjet printing system is of the type having a receiving station for receiving the replaceable ink container. The receiving station has a fluid inlet and a sealing structure. The replaceable ink container includes a reservoir defining a fluid outlet and a sealing surface proximate the fluid outlet. The replaceable ink container also includes a sealing material contained within the reservoir for wetting the sealing surface to seal defects between the sealing surface and the sealing structure.
Claims20
A replaceable ink container for providing ink to an inkjet printing system, the inkjet printing system having a receiving station for receiving the replaceable ink container, the receiving station having a fluid inlet and a sealing structure, the replaceable ink container comprising:
- a reservoir defining a fluid outlet and a sealing surface proximate the fluid outlet;
- and
- a sealing material contained within the reservoir for wetting the sealing surface to seal defects between the sealing surface and the sealing structure.
A method for forming a seal between a replaceable ink container and a sealing structure, the method comprising:
- wetting a sealing surface on the replaceable ink container with a sealing material contained within the replaceable ink container;
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- engaging the sealing surface with a sealing structure whereby the sealing material is disposed there between for sealing defects.
A replaceable ink container for providing ink to an inkjet printing system, the inkjet printing system having a receiving station for receiving the replaceable ink container, the receiving station having a fluid inlet and a sealing structure, the replaceable ink container comprising:
- a storage reservoir having a capillary storage material disposed therein for retaining ink, the storage reservoir defining a fluid outlet and a sealing surface proximate the fluid outlet;
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- an ink retained within the capillary storage material, the ink having particles suspended therein, the ink for solidifying on the sealing surface to seal defects between the sealing surface and the sealing structure.
A replaceable printing component for an inkjet printing system configured for receiving the replaceable printing component, the inkjet printing system having a fluid inlet and a sealing structure, the replaceable printing component comprising:
- a sealing surface configured for engaging a corresponding sealing structure on the inkjet printing system;
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- wherein the sealing surface is configured so that sealing material that wets the sealing surface seals defects between the sealing surface and the sealing structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.