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EP1375161A3 - Ink tank - Google Patents

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EP1375161A3
EP1375161A3 EP03076945A EP03076945A EP1375161A3 EP 1375161 A3 EP1375161 A3 EP 1375161A3 EP 03076945 A EP03076945 A EP 03076945A EP 03076945 A EP03076945 A EP 03076945A EP 1375161 A3 EP1375161 A3 EP 1375161A3
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Prior art keywords
casing
wall
bag
ink tank
opening
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EP03076945A
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP1375161A2 (en
EP1375161B1 (en
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Maurice J.J. Haan
Mark P.J. Pinckaers
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Canon Production Printing Netherlands BV
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Oce Technologies BV
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    • 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
    • B41J2/17503—Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17553—Outer structure
    • 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
    • B41J2/17503—Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17513—Inner structure
    • 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
    • B41J2/17503—Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17513—Inner structure
    • B41J2002/17516—Inner structure comprising a collapsible ink holder, e.g. a flexible bag

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  • Ink Jet (AREA)

Abstract

Ink tank for an ink jet printer, comprising a casing having a bottom wall (18) and a front wall (20) with an opening (38') formed therein, and a bag (12) accommodated in said casing (10) and collapsible into a sheet-like configuration, the bag (12) having a top wall (26), a bottom wall (28), a front edge (36) and a spout (38) formed in a central region of said front edge (36) and located at the position of said front wall opening (38'), characterised in that the width (W) of the top and bottom walls (26, 28) of the bag (12), when measured in a flat, sheet-like configuration and in the direction of the front edge (36), is larger than the width of the casing (10), and in that the front wall opening (38') is located near the bottom wall (18) of the casing (10).
EP20030076945 2002-06-28 2003-06-24 Ink tank Expired - Lifetime EP1375161B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

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EP20030076945 EP1375161B1 (en) 2002-06-28 2003-06-24 Ink tank

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EP02077779 2002-06-28
EP02077779 2002-06-28
EP20030076945 EP1375161B1 (en) 2002-06-28 2003-06-24 Ink tank

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EP1375161A2 EP1375161A2 (en) 2004-01-02
EP1375161A3 true EP1375161A3 (en) 2007-03-07
EP1375161B1 EP1375161B1 (en) 2008-09-17

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CA2476705C (en) 2003-08-08 2012-11-13 Seiko Epson Corporation Liquid container
JP5743529B2 (en) * 2010-12-20 2015-07-01 富士フイルム株式会社 Image forming apparatus
CN107379630B (en) * 2017-08-29 2023-08-08 温州优比科实业有限公司 Inner folding bottom bag arranging machine
DE102022115378B3 (en) 2022-06-21 2023-07-20 Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. Device, ink printing system and method for determining when an ink container is empty

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JPH01133749A (en) * 1987-11-20 1989-05-25 Canon Inc Ink cartridge
JPH05345423A (en) * 1992-06-16 1993-12-27 Canon Inc Ink cartridge
GB2331065A (en) * 1997-11-10 1999-05-12 Gr Advanced Materials Ltd Flexible pouch for highly viscous liquids
DE19849567A1 (en) * 1998-10-27 2000-05-04 Tally Computerdrucker Gmbh Ink printer with replaceable ink cartridge has small volume dirty ink bag next to larger volume clean ink bag in asymmetrical, polygonal cross-section replaceable cartridge
EP1013449A2 (en) * 1998-12-24 2000-06-28 Seiko Epson Corporation Ink bag for ink jet type recording apparatus and package suitable for packing such ink bag
US6250751B1 (en) * 2000-03-28 2001-06-26 Lexmark International, Inc. Ink jet printer cartridge manufacturing method and apparatus
JP2002001980A (en) * 2000-06-21 2002-01-08 Seiko Epson Corp Ink cartridge for recorder

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US6264318B1 (en) 1999-02-10 2001-07-24 Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Ink-jet recording apparatus and ink storing device

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JPH01133749A (en) * 1987-11-20 1989-05-25 Canon Inc Ink cartridge
JPH05345423A (en) * 1992-06-16 1993-12-27 Canon Inc Ink cartridge
GB2331065A (en) * 1997-11-10 1999-05-12 Gr Advanced Materials Ltd Flexible pouch for highly viscous liquids
DE19849567A1 (en) * 1998-10-27 2000-05-04 Tally Computerdrucker Gmbh Ink printer with replaceable ink cartridge has small volume dirty ink bag next to larger volume clean ink bag in asymmetrical, polygonal cross-section replaceable cartridge
EP1013449A2 (en) * 1998-12-24 2000-06-28 Seiko Epson Corporation Ink bag for ink jet type recording apparatus and package suitable for packing such ink bag
US6250751B1 (en) * 2000-03-28 2001-06-26 Lexmark International, Inc. Ink jet printer cartridge manufacturing method and apparatus
JP2002001980A (en) * 2000-06-21 2002-01-08 Seiko Epson Corp Ink cartridge for recorder

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 013, no. 380 (M - 863) 23 August 1989 (1989-08-23) *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 018, no. 186 (M - 1585) 30 March 1994 (1994-03-30) *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2002, no. 05 3 May 2002 (2002-05-03) *

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