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US 7,084,951 B2Granted
Combined media- and ink-supply cartridge
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorKia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A printing cartridge includes a hollow core. An ink supply is arranged within the core. A cylindrical former contains the core. A print media supply is wrapped around the former. A cover assembly contains the print media supply and defines a feed opening from which the print media supply is fed. A feed mechanism feeds the print media supply from the cover assembly.
Claims7
A print cartridge for feeding print media supply to a print head of an inkjet printer, the print cartridge comprising:
- a housing;
- a cylindrical former located in the housing, the print media supply being wrapped around the former;
- an ink cartridge supported within the former, the ink cartridge being arranged for supplying ink to the print head;
- and
- a feed mechanism located in the housing,
- wherein the former is slidably receivable over the ink cartridge and is rotatable relative thereto so as to allow the feed mechanism to feed printmedia to the printhead trough a feed opening in the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.