Imaging media cartridge having a reserve chamber
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRobert Sesek, Travis J. Parry
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Abstract
An imaging media cartridge for use in an imaging apparatus includes a first imaging media reservoir chamber and a second imaging media reservoir chamber. A removable barrier is disposed between the first imaging media reservoir chamber and the second imaging media reservoir chamber. By removing the removable barrier, a reserve of imaging media can be provided from the second imaging media reservoir chamber to the first imaging media reservoir chamber. In one embodiment the imaging media cartridge is a toner cartridge. In another embodiment the imaging media cartridge is a liquid ink cartridge.
Claims22
An imaging media cartridge comprising:
- a first imaging media reservoir chamber;
- a second imaging media reservoir chamber;
- and
- a removable barrier disposed between the first imaging media reservoir chamber and the second imaging media reservoir chamber.
An imaging media cartridge comprising:
- a first imaging media reservoir chamber;
- a second imaging media reservoir chamber;
- a distribution chamber;
- an imaging media distribution device configured to extract imaging media from the distribution chamber;
- a first removable barrier disposed between the first imaging media reservoir chamber and the distribution chamber;
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- a second removable barrier disposed between the distribution chamber and the second imaging media reservoir chamber.
A toner cartridge comprising:
- a first toner reservoir chamber;
- a second toner reservoir chamber;
- and
- a distribution chamber.
An ink cartridge comprising:
- a first ink reservoir chamber containing a first volume of ink;
- a second ink reservoir chamber containing a second volume of ink;
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- a removable barrier disposed between the first ink reservoir chamber and the second ink reservoir chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.