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(11) EP 0 605 183 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.08.1994 Bulletin 1994/33

(43) Date of publication A2:
06.07.1994 Bulletin 1994/27

(21) Application number: 93310396.2

(22) Date of filing: 21.12.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B41J 2/175
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 28.12.1992 IT TO921045

(71) Applicant: OLIVETTI-CANON INDUSTRIALE S.p.A.
I-10015 Ivrea (TO) (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Scardovi, Alessandro
    I-10015 Ivrea (TO) (IT)
  • Morandotti, Roberto
    I-10010 Mercenasco (TO) (IT)
  • Ceschin, Danilo
    I-10010 Candia C.se (TO) (IT)

(74) Representative: Abnett, Richard Charles 
REDDIE & GROSE 16 Theobalds Road
London WC1X 8PL
London WC1X 8PL (GB)


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    (54) Device for holding cartridges for an ink-jet printer and keeping them supplied with ink


    (57) A device for holding cartridges (32) from an ink-jet printer and keeping them supplied with ink comprises a container (10) divided into two chambers. The lower chamber (20) is filled with ink and the upper chamber (22) contains a seat (29,30) for housing one or more used cartridges (32). The cartridges (32) are automatically supplied with new ink drawn from the lower chamber (20) by means of porous elements (26) having a capillary structure, which are immersed in the ink and communicate with the cartridges (32) by means of a hole (54) in one of their walls (33).






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