公开(公告)号：US08590756B2

公开(公告)日：2013-11-26

申请号：US13094107

申请日：2011-04-26

Applicant: Marc Frazier Baker ,  Neal David Erickson ,  Mark Doerre ,  Alan Anthony Bidwell

Inventor： Marc Frazier Baker ,  Neal David Erickson ,  Mark Doerre ,  Alan Anthony Bidwell

IPC: B67D7/78

CPC classification number: B41J2/17513

Abstract: A consumable supply item for an imaging device holds an initial or refillable volume of pigmented ink. Its housing defines an interior and a fluid exit port. Users orient the housing to deplete the ink in a downward direction. A float on a surface of the ink suspends an inlet opening of a fluid conduit tube underneath the surface. A height of the opening falls downward as the fluid depletes and the float drops. The tube draws a desired concentration of ink and supplies it to the exit port. The concentration is predetermined relative to an overall height of the fluid. The tube height remains proportional to the height of the fluid, increases/decreases proportionally, or other. The design overcomes settling. The design also avoids mechanical stirring and other complex sediment mixing techniques. Embodiments include float/tube arrangements and testing observations, to name a few.

Abstract translation: 用于成像装置的消耗品供应物保持初始或可再填充量的着色油墨。 其壳体限定内部和流体出口。 用户将外壳定向以向下方向消耗墨水。 墨水表面上的浮子悬挂在表面下方的流体导管的入口。 开口的高度随着流体耗尽而下降，浮子下降。 管吸出所需的浓度的墨水并将其提供给出口。 浓度相对于流体的整体高度是预定的。 管高度与流体的高度成比例，按比例增加/减小，或其他。 设计克服了沉降。 该设计还避免了机械搅拌和其他复杂的沉淀物混合技术。 实施例包括浮子/管布置和测试观察，仅举几个例子。

公开(公告)号：US20120273529A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-01

申请号：US13094107

申请日：2011-04-26

Applicant: MARC FRAZIER BAKER ,  Neal David Erickson ,  Mark Doerre ,  Alan Anthony Bidwell

Inventor： MARC FRAZIER BAKER ,  Neal David Erickson ,  Mark Doerre ,  Alan Anthony Bidwell

IPC: B67D7/78

CPC classification number: B41J2/17513

Abstract: A consumable supply item for an imaging device holds an initial or refillable volume of pigmented ink. Its housing defines an interior and a fluid exit port. Users orient the housing to deplete the ink in a downward direction. A float on a surface of the ink suspends an inlet opening of a fluid conduit tube underneath the surface. A height of the opening falls downward as the fluid depletes and the float drops. The tube draws a desired concentration of ink and supplies it to the exit port. The concentration is predetermined relative to an overall height of the fluid. The tube height remains proportional to the height of the fluid, increases/decreases proportionally, or other. The design overcomes settling. The design also avoids mechanical stirring and other complex sediment mixing techniques. Embodiments include float/tube arrangements and testing observations, to name a few.

Abstract translation: 用于成像装置的消耗品供应物保持初始或可再填充量的着色油墨。 其壳体限定内部和流体出口。 用户将外壳定向以向下方向消耗墨水。 墨水表面上的浮子悬挂在表面下方的流体导管的入口。 开口的高度随着流体耗尽而下降，浮子下降。 管吸出所需的浓度的墨水并将其提供给出口。 浓度相对于流体的整体高度是预定的。 管高度与流体的高度成比例，按比例增加/减小，或其他。 设计克服了沉降。 该设计还避免了机械搅拌和其他复杂的沉淀物混合技术。 实施例包括浮子/管布置和测试观察，仅举几个例子。