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OwnerDaniel Sulser, Roland Steiner +1inventors
InventorsDaniel Sulser, Roland Steiner, Lucio Bianco
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An apparatus for refilling an ink cartridge (10 or 13) for an inkjet printer, having a nozzle-comprising print head or having an ink outlet aperture (16) connectible to the ink supply of an inkjet head, either the nozzles of the print head being directly or, in the case of an ink outlet aperture (16) connectible to the ink supply of an inkjet head, said aperture being by way of a wick in fluid connection with an ink reservoir element (17) which is arranged inside the ink cartridge (10 or 13) and which consists of, for example, absorbent material. This apparatus comprises an ink-filled container (11) having an aperture (18) in which there is located a capillary element (wick 20) immersed in the ink (19) and arranged to be brought into contact with the ink reservoir element (17) of the ink cartridge (10 or 13).
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An apparatus for refilling an ink cartridge for an inkjet printer, the ink cartridge having one of a nozzle associated with a print head to form an integrated print head ink cartridge and an ink outlet aperture connectible to an ink supply of an inkjet head, the ink outlet aperture having a wick arranged in the ink outlet aperture, the ink cartridge further including an ink reservoir element arranged inside the ink cartridge and the ink reservoir element including one of an absorbent material and a mechanism that generates negative pressure, the ink reservoir element in fluid communication with one of the nozzle and the ink outlet aperture by way of the wick, the apparatus for refilling the ink cartridge comprising:
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