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US 2003/0142178 A1Published application
Mechanism for supplying ink to a portable ink jet printer
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJames C. McKinnell, Thomas E. Pettit, Raymond James Ehlers JR., Eric S. Dod, Roberta Stinson
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Abstract
An ink jet cartridge is provided comprising an outlet port, an ink containing region, and a wick substantially surrounding a portion of the ink containing region, the wick being configured such that ink flows to the outlet port. Preferably, the wick is configured such that ink flows to the outlet port irrespective of an orientation of the ink jet cartridge.
Claims23
An ink jet cartridge comprising:
- an outlet port;
- an ink containing region;
- and
- a wick substantially surrounding at least a portion of said ink containing region, said wick being configured such that ink flows to the outlet port.
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A method of supplying ink to an ink jet printer comprising the steps of:
- providing an ink cartridge containing ink in a containing region and a wick substantially surrounding at least a portion of said containing region;
- and
- drawing ink to an outlet port through the wick.
An ink jet ink cartridge comprising:
- an outlet port;
- a shell;
- and
- a wick positioned along the internal periphery of said shell and substantially surrounding a foam free internal region, said wick being configured such that ink flows to the outlet port irrespective of an orientation of the ink jet cartridge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.