EP 0780234 B1 20020306 - Ink cartridge and printhead for an inkjet printer
Title (en)
Ink cartridge and printhead for an inkjet printer
Title (de)
Flüssigkeitspatrone und Druckkopf für einen Ink-Jet-Printer
Title (fr)
Cartouche d'encre et tête d'impression pour imprimante à jet d'encre
Publication
Application
Priority
DE 19548032 A 19951221
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0780234A2] The cartridge has a housing (25) with a base wall (26), side walls (27-29) and a top wall (30). One side wall (27) has an opening (31) for placing on a drop generator (2). A second wall (30) has a pump element (40) formed by bellows and an air feed aperture (47). The bellows is formed in one piece on the second wall. The folds (42) of the bellows are inclined wrt. the second wall and are U-shaped in front view, with two arms (44) which have a transition into the second wall at their free ends. A cover plate for the bellows contains the air feed aperture in the vicinity of the cross bars of the U-shaped folds.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B41J 2/17506 (2013.01 - EP US); B41J 2/17513 (2013.01 - EP US); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01 - EP US); B41J 2/17553 (2013.01 - EP US); B41J 2/17503 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
CH FR GB IT LI
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0780234 A2 19970625; EP 0780234 A3 19981014; EP 0780234 B1 20020306; CA 2193333 A1 19970622; DE 19549438 A1 19970717; DE 19549438 C2 20001102; US 6059403 A 20000509
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 96810875 A 19961217; CA 2193333 A 19961218; DE 19549438 A 19951221; US 77180196 A 19961220