Global Patent Index - EP 1775143 B1

EP 1775143 B1 20080521 - Free ink system

Title (en)

Free ink system

Title (de)

Druckregulierte freie Tintenzuführung

Title (fr)

Système à encre libre

Publication

EP 1775143 B1 20080521 (EN)

Application

EP 07001556 A 20020326

Priority

  • EP 02717797 A 20020326
  • US 27871601 P 20010326

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1775143A1] A free ink marking instrument for dispensing an ink, including a housing, a reservoir for storing ink within the housing, a feed tube to convey ink communicating with the reservoir, a tip disposed within the feed tube for conveying ink to a substrate at a marking end of the tip, a porous buffer disposed within the housing adjacent the feed tube and configured for storing ink during periods of a decreasing pressure differential between the reservoir and the atmosphere, and bubble separation area in the form of either a hole in the feed tube or a hole or passage formed between the feed tube and the tip, is disclosed.

IPC 8 full level

B43K 8/03 (2006.01); B43K 8/04 (2006.01); B43K 8/18 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B43K 8/04 (2013.01); B43K 8/18 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1775143 A1 20070418; EP 1775143 B1 20080521

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 07001556 A 20020326