Ink refill and recharging system
AssigneeTubarc Technologies, LLC
InventorElson Dias da Silva
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Abstract
Ink refill systems are disclosed. In general, an ink source comprising a saturated zone and a tubarc porous microstructure for conducting ink from the saturated zone to an unsaturated zone are provided. The ink can be delivered from the saturated zone to the unsaturated zone through the tubarc porous microstructure, thereby permitting the ink to be harnessed for ink writing and/or printing through the unsaturated hydrodynamic flow of the ink from one zone of saturation or unsaturation to another.
Claims20
An ink refill system, said system comprising:
- an ink source comprising a saturated zone;
- a tubarc porous microstructure for conducting ink from said saturated zone to an unsaturated zone;
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- wherein said ink is delivered from said unsaturated zone to said saturated zone through said tubarc porous microstructure, thereby permitting said ink to be harnessed through the hydrodynamic movement of said ink from one zone of saturation or unsaturation to another.
An ink refill system, said system comprising:
- an ink source comprising a saturated zone;
- a tubarc porous microstructure for conducting ink from said saturated zone to an unsaturated zone located within a printer cartridge linked to said ink source by said tubarc porous microstructure;
- wherein said ink is delivered from said unsaturated zone to said saturated zone through said tubarc porous microstructure, thereby permitting said ink to be harnessed through the hydrodynamic movement of said ink from one zone of saturation or unsaturation to another.
An ink refill system, said system comprising:
- an ink source comprising a saturated zone;
- a tubarc porous microstructure for conducting ink from said saturated zone to an unsaturated zone;
- a pen structure surrounding said saturated zone wherein said pin includes a pen tip that communicates with said tubarc porous microstructure, such that said tubarc porous microstructure conducts said ink from said ink source through said tip to said saturated zone located within said pen;
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- wherein said ink is delivered from said unsaturated zone to said saturated zone through said tubarc porous microstructure, thereby permitting said ink to be harnessed through the hydrodynamic movement of said ink from one zone of saturation or unsaturation to another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.