发明名称 Method and apparatus for ink-jet ink level detection
摘要 An ink jet pen supply cartridge having a spring biased ink reservoir with a visual indication of remaining ink quantity. The reservoir tends to collapse laterally as the ink supply decreases due to differential pressure exerted thereto. The spring-reservoir is contained in a rigid cartridge and a pair of flexible tape members are cemented or welded, one to each side of the spring-reservoir, and extend generally parallel toward a narrow end surface of the cartridge at which they overlap and can be viewed through a window. The overlapping relationship of the tape members provide ink quantity indicia which change as the spring-reservoir collapse draws them past each other.
申请公布号 US5793387(A) 申请公布日期 1998.08.11
申请号 US19970863641 申请日期 1997.05.29
申请人 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 发明人 HUNT, DAVID S.
分类号 B41J2/175;(IPC1-7):B41J2/175 主分类号 B41J2/175
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