公开(公告)号：US6010210A

公开(公告)日：2000-01-04

申请号：US868927

申请日：1997-06-04

申请人： Rhonda L. Wilson ,  Eric L. Gasvoda ,  Susan M. Hmelar ,  David O. Merrill ,  Norman E. Pawlowski, Jr. ,  Dennis W. Houpt ,  David C. Kamp ,  Thomas J. Krall ,  Jared E. Neff

发明人： Rhonda L. Wilson ,  Eric L. Gasvoda ,  Susan M. Hmelar ,  David O. Merrill ,  Norman E. Pawlowski, Jr. ,  Dennis W. Houpt ,  David C. Kamp ,  Thomas J. Krall ,  Jared E. Neff

IPC分类号： B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17556 ,  B41J2/17503 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/17523 ,  B41J2/17546 ,  B41J2/17553 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2002/17516

摘要： An ink container for holding a supply of liquid ink for use in an inkjet printing system. The container includes a collapsible ink reservoir for holding a supply of liquid ink, and a multiple functioned chassis. The chassis rigidly support an air inlet for receiving pressurized air from the printing system and an ink outlet for delivering pressurized ink to the system. The chassis support a collapsible ink container by providing an attach surface over which the collapsible container is attached. The attach surface allows a relatively simple pleated bag construction to be used by providing a surface whose normal is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container. The chassis is adapted to engage with a pressure vessel opening, providing a seal that separates the pressure vessel from an outside atmosphere. The chassis provides a surface for outside electrical contacts along with locating means for a mating electrical connector, and provides pathways for them to be routed into the pressure vessel region. An efficient method of assembly of an ink container is described.

摘要翻译： 一种用于保持供应用于喷墨打印系统的液体墨水的墨水容器。 容器包括用于保持液体墨水供应的可折叠墨水储存器和多功能底盘。 底盘刚性地支撑用于从打印系统接收加压空气的空气入口和用于将加压油墨输送到系统的墨水出口。 底盘通过提供可折叠的容器附接的附接表面来支撑可折叠的墨水容器。 附接表面允许通过提供其法线基本上垂直于容器的纵向轴线的表面来使用相对简单的打褶袋结构。 底盘适于与压力容器开口接合，提供将压力容器与外部气氛隔开的密封。 底盘提供用于外部电触点的表面以及用于配合电连接器的定位装置，并且提供用于它们被路由到压力容器区域中的通路。 描述了一种组装墨水容器的有效方法。

公开(公告)号：US06386675B2

公开(公告)日：2002-05-14

申请号：US09437769

申请日：1999-11-09

申请人： Rhonda L. Wilson ,  Eric L. Gasvoda ,  Susan M. Hmelar ,  David O. Merrill ,  Norman E. Pawlowski, Jr. ,  Dennis W. Houpt ,  David C. Kamp ,  Thomas J. Krall ,  Jared E. Neff ,  William E. Fillmore

发明人： Rhonda L. Wilson ,  Eric L. Gasvoda ,  Susan M. Hmelar ,  David O. Merrill ,  Norman E. Pawlowski, Jr. ,  Dennis W. Houpt ,  David C. Kamp ,  Thomas J. Krall ,  Jared E. Neff ,  William E. Fillmore

IPC分类号： B41J2175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17556 ,  B41J2/17503 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/17523 ,  B41J2/17546 ,  B41J2/17553 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2002/17516

摘要： An ink container for holding a supply of liquid ink for use in an inkjet printing system. The container includes a collapsible ink reservoir for holding a supply of liquid ink, and a multiple functioned chassis. The chassis rigidly supports an air inlet for receiving pressurized air from the printing system and an ink outlet for delivering pressurized ink to the system. The chassis supports a collapsible ink container by providing an attach surface over which the collapsible container is attached. The attach surface allows a relatively simple pleated bag construction to be used by providing a surface whose normal is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container. The chassis is adapted to engage with a pressure vessel opening, providing a seal that separates the pressure vessel from an outside atmosphere. The chassis provides a surface for outside electrical contacts along with locating means for a mating electrical connector, and provides pathways for them to be routed into the pressure vessel region. An efficient method of assembly of an ink container is described.

摘要翻译： 一种用于保持供应用于喷墨打印系统的液体墨水的墨水容器。 容器包括用于保持液体墨水供应的可折叠墨水储存器和多功能底盘。 底盘刚性地支撑用于从打印系统接收加压空气的空气入口和用于将加压油墨输送到系统的墨出口。 底盘通过提供附接表面来支撑可折叠的墨水容器，在该附接表面上可附接可折叠的容器。 附接表面允许通过提供其法线基本上垂直于容器的纵向轴线的表面来使用相对简单的打褶袋结构。 底盘适于与压力容器开口接合，提供将压力容器与外部气氛隔开的密封。 底盘提供用于外部电触点的表面以及用于配合电连接器的定位装置，并且提供用于它们被路由到压力容器区域中的通路。 描述了一种组装墨水容器的有效方法。

公开(公告)号：US06585359B1

公开(公告)日：2003-07-01

申请号：US08868773

申请日：1997-06-04

申请人： Eric L. Gasvoda ,  Susan M. Hmelar ,  David O. Merrill ,  Norman E. Pawlowski, Jr. ,  Rhonda L. Wilson ,  Dennis W. Houpt ,  David C. Kamp ,  Thomas J. Krall ,  William E. Fillmore

发明人： Eric L. Gasvoda ,  Susan M. Hmelar ,  David O. Merrill ,  Norman E. Pawlowski, Jr. ,  Rhonda L. Wilson ,  Dennis W. Houpt ,  David C. Kamp ,  Thomas J. Krall ,  William E. Fillmore

IPC分类号： B41J2175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17556 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/17546 ,  B41J2/17553 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2002/17516

摘要： An ink container for an off-carriage printing system including an ink supply station. The ink container contains a collapsible reservoir filled with ink that is in fluidically connectable to a conduit that leads to a pressure regulator. The outlet of the regulator delivers ink to a printhead. A pressure vessel surrounds the reservoir. The system pressurizes the pressure vessel, which results in pressurized ink being delivered to the regulator. The ink container has a sensor that infers the actual volume of ink in the reservoir by sensing the relative position of the reservoir walls. This sensor is mounted between the pressure vessel and the collapsible reservoir. The sensor is electrically connected to pads that are accessible from the outside of the ink container. Leads route from the pads, through a seal zone, and to the sensor. The seal is provided by a compressed o-ring.

摘要翻译： 一种用于包括供墨站的离架打印系统的墨水容器。 墨水容器包含填充有墨水的可收缩的储存器，其可流体地连接到通向压力调节器的导管。 调节器的出口向打印头输送墨水。 压力容器围绕储存器。 系统对压力容器加压，这导致加压油墨被输送到调节器。 墨水容器具有传感器，通过感测储存器壁的相对位置来推测储存器中墨水的实际体积。 该传感器安装在压力容器和可折叠储存器之间。 传感器电连接到可从墨水容器的外部接近的焊盘。 引线从焊盘，通过密封区域传输到传感器。 密封由压缩的O形环提供。

公开(公告)号：US6017118A

公开(公告)日：2000-01-25

申请号：US869023

申请日：1997-06-04

申请人： Eric L. Gasvoda ,  Susan M. Hmelar ,  Richard H. Lewis ,  Norman E. Pawlowski, Jr. ,  Mark R. Hock ,  Dennis W. Houpt ,  David C. Kamp ,  Thomas J. Krall ,  Jared E. Neff ,  William E. Fillmore ,  James Kenneth Wallace

发明人： Eric L. Gasvoda ,  Susan M. Hmelar ,  Richard H. Lewis ,  Norman E. Pawlowski, Jr. ,  Mark R. Hock ,  Dennis W. Houpt ,  David C. Kamp ,  Thomas J. Krall ,  Jared E. Neff ,  William E. Fillmore ,  James Kenneth Wallace

IPC分类号： B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17553 ,  B41J2/17513 ,  B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/17523 ,  B41J2/17546 ,  B41J2/1755 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2/17596 ,  B41J2002/17586

摘要： An ink container for an inkjet printing system is described, including an assembly of a simple housing with caps bearing indicia and protective surfaces to enable effective handling, aligning, keying and latching of the ink container. The ink container includes an ink container housing, the housing including an ink reservoir and a fluid outlet in fluid communication with said reservoir. The fluid outlet is for providing ink to the inkjet printhead. The container further includes a separately fabricated first cap attached to an end of the housing, the first cap having a plurality of mechanical features that provide mechanical functions for the ink container. The end of the housing is a leading end relative to a direction of insertion of the ink container into the printing system. The mechanical functions can include positioning the ink container relative to the supply station, a keying function for preventing installation of an ink container in the supply station without a cap providing the keying function. The mechanical features can include a boss for protecting a leading surface of the ink container and the fluid outlet from physical damage. The trailing end of the housing has attached to it a second cap having a latch feature for latching the ink container in the supply station, and an oversized handle that prevents backwards insertion. The housing includes a pressure vessel that surrounds the ink reservoir, and the first cap is secured to the pressure vessel.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种用于喷墨打印系统的墨水容器，其包括具有盖帽标记和保护表面的简单壳体的组件，以能够有效地处理，对准，锁定和锁定墨水容器。 墨水容器包括墨水容器壳体，壳体包括墨水储存器和与所述储存器流体连通的流体出口。 流体出口用于向喷墨打印头提供墨水。 容器还包括附接到壳体的端部的单独制造的第一盖，第一盖具有提供用于墨水容器的机械功能的多个机械特征。 壳体的端部是相对于将墨水容器插入打印系统的方向的前端。 机械功能可以包括相对于供应站定位墨水容器，用于防止墨水容器在供应站中的安装的键控功能，而没有提供键盘功能的盖子。 机械特征可以包括用于保护墨水容器的前表面和流体出口免受物理损坏的凸台。 壳体的后端连接到其上具有用于将墨水容器锁定在供应站中的闩锁特征的第二盖以及防止向后插入的超大手柄。 壳体包括围绕储墨器的压力容器，并且第一盖固定到压力容器。