Method and apparatus for refilling an ink container

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EP 1 095 779 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	13.06.2001 Bulletin 2001/24

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	02.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/18

(21)	Application number: 00309474.5

(22)	Date of filing: 27.10.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B41J 2/175

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

29.10.1999 US 430400
28.07.2000 US 627958

(71)	Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company
	Palo Alto, CA 94304 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Childers, Winthrop D. San Diego, CA 92127 (US) Olsen, David Corvallis, OR 97330 (US)

(74)	Representative: Colgan, Stephen James
	CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	Method and apparatus for refilling an ink container

(57) The present disclosure relates to an apparatus 54 for refilling a replaceable ink container 12. The ink container 12 has a top and bottom portion relative to a gravitational frame of reference. The replaceable ink container 12 further has a capillary storage member 40 disposed therein and a fluid outlet 36 disposed on the bottom portion. The apparatus for refilling includes a fluid interconnect 78 configured for insertion into the bottom portion to compress the capillary storage member 40.

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