EP0340533A3 - Ink refill cartridge for ink jet printers - Google Patents

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EP0340533A3
EP0340533A3 EP89107010A EP89107010A EP0340533A3 EP 0340533 A3 EP0340533 A3 EP 0340533A3 EP 89107010 A EP89107010 A EP 89107010A EP 89107010 A EP89107010 A EP 89107010A EP 0340533 A3 EP0340533 A3 EP 0340533A3
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ink
cup
pellet
printer
well
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French (fr)
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EP0340533A2 (en
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Joseph M. Cachia
Philip N. Smith
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Ricoh Printing Systems America Inc
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Ricoh Printing Systems America Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/38—Devices for discharging contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17593—Supplying ink in a solid state
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D75/32—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D75/325—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet being recessed, and the other being a flat not- rigid sheet, e.g. puncturable or peelable foil
    • B65D75/327—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet being recessed, and the other being a flat not- rigid sheet, e.g. puncturable or peelable foil and forming several compartments
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2575/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D2575/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by association or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D2575/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D2575/32—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D2575/3209—Details
    • B65D2575/3218—Details with special means for gaining access to the contents
    • B65D2575/3227—Cuts or weakening lines

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Abstract

An improved refill cartridge (10) is provided to contain a solidified ink pellet (44) for replenishing an ink jet printer or the like with flowable ink. The refill cartridge (10) comprises a flexible walled cup (26) having an outwardly projecting flange (32) at the open end thereof. The cup (26) defines a mold for direct reception of flowable ink or the like which solidifies in place to form the ink pellet (44), and a removable seal cover (42) is mounted on the flange to enclose the ink pellet within the cup (26) during shipment and/or storage. The ink pellet (44) is delivered when required to a printer by removing the seal cover (42) and inverting the cup over a printer ink well (12) while pressing inwardly on the cup wall (30) to prevent premature release of the ink pellet. The cup (26) is seated over the ink well (12) by engaging an upper lip (24) of the ink well into a shallow recessed groove (34) in the cup flange, at which time the cup wall may be released to permit the ink pellet to fall by gravity into the printer ink well. If required, the base of the cup defines a button (48) which can be depressed from the exterior thereof to positively push the ink pellet from the cup.
EP89107010A 1988-05-03 1989-04-19 Ink refill cartridge for ink jet printers Withdrawn EP0340533A3 (en)

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US18964888A 1988-05-03 1988-05-03
US189648 1988-05-03

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EP0340533A3 true EP0340533A3 (en) 1990-03-07

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DE2404232A1 (en) * 1974-01-30 1975-08-07 Aluminium Walzwerke Singen Child-proof package for tablets, pills etc - with press-out cups deep drawn sloping wall and curved base
US4159771A (en) * 1977-11-22 1979-07-03 Meiji Seika Kabushiki Kaisha Container having multiple independently unsealable compartments
US4444310A (en) * 1982-07-26 1984-04-24 Becton, Dickinson And Company Segmented multi-product package assembly
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