Ink feed system for a postage meter
AssigneeNeopost Industrie
InventorsJean-Marc Bainvel, Jean-Pierre Gregoire
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Abstract
The feed system is constituted by an ink reservoir and a peristaltic pump. The reservoir has a wall defining a chamber for containing ink and a flexible hose communicating between the inside and the outside of the chamber. The flexible hose has a portion of its length placed outside the chamber against the wall, serving as the suction duct for the peristaltic pump, and constituting a product that is discardable after the ink in the reservoir has been consumed.
Claims6
An ink reservoir for feeding a print system with ink, the reservoir comprising a wall defining a chamber for containing the ink, incorporating at least one flexible hose communicating between the inside and the outside of the chamber, the flexible hose having a portion of its length placed outside the chamber and serving as a suction duct for a peristaltic pump, and constituting a product that is discardable after the ink in the reservoir has been consumed.
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