Print media cartridge with integral print media and ink storage
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsTobin Allen King, Kia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A cartridge is provided for a printing device. The cartridge includes a print media chamber structure that defines a print media chamber in which a stack of respective sheets of print media can be stored. A plurality of ink supply chambers are each configured to store a respective type of ink for printing. In one embodiment, the cartridge includes an outer molding that defines a recess in which the stack can be provided and a substantially planar molding configured to be engaged with the outer molding so as to define the print media chamber.
Claims5
A cartridge for a printing device, the cartridge comprising:
- a print media chamber structure that defines a print media chamber in which a stack of sheets of print media can be stored and an outlet feed opening from which the sheets can be fed;
- a feed mechanism for feeding the sheets from the outlet;
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- an ink supply chamber structure that defines a plurality of ink supply chambers each configured to store a respective type of ink for printing by the printing device,
- wherein the feed mechanism includes a retainer arranged to retain remaining sheets in the print media chamber during feeding of a sheet, and
- the ink supply chamber structure comprises a further outer molding and a gasket located between said further molding and the planar molding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.