Ink replenishing apparatus and ink replenishing method for ink-jet printing ink cartridge
US6048054A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 22, 1997 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/1752
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An ink replenishing apparatus replenishes an ink cartridge, which has an ink absorber made of a porous body or fiber bundle in an ink storage chamber that stores ink, with ink supplied from a replenishing ink cartridge through a relay core. An ink holding force d of capillary tubes of the relay core and an ink holding force D of capillary tubes of the porous body or fiber bundle satisfy the following relation d<D.
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