Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid tank with flexible membrane for a flow-through printhead
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Application No.: US16351182Application Date: 2019-03-12
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Publication No.: US10647125B1Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Norimasa Sohgawa , Hiroshi Nishimura
- Applicant: Norimasa Sohgawa , Hiroshi Nishimura
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Duft & Bornsen, PC
- Main IPC: B41J2/175
- IPC: B41J2/175 ; B41J2/14

Abstract:
Fluid tanks for providing a print fluid to a printhead. In one embodiment, the fluid tank includes a first reservoir configured to contain a print fluid, and a second reservoir configured to contain the print fluid. The fluid tank further includes a first Input/Output (I/O) port configured to fluidly couple with a printhead to allow the print fluid to flow into or out of the first reservoir, and a second I/O port configured to fluidly couple with the printhead to allow the print fluid to flow into or out of the second reservoir. The fluid tank further includes a flexible membrane between the first reservoir and the second reservoir configured to flex to create a pressure difference between the first reservoir and the second reservoir.
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