Print roll cartridge with an ink supply core for a camera system

• US 7,524,047 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2007
• Issued: 04/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Memjet Technology Ltd. (Memjet Limited)
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia
• Primary Examiner(s): Meier, Stephen D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Garcia, Jr., Rene
• Application Number:
  US11/951,983
• Publication Number:
  US 20080085107A1
• Time in Patent Office: 509 Days
• Field of Search: 347/101, 347/104, 347/108, 347 84- 87, 347/170, 347/222, 347/263, 347/264, 399/16, 399/106, 399/107, 399/110, 399/113, 399/125, 399/262, 400/613
• US Class Current: 347/86
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 15/044 Cassettes or cartridges containing continuous copy material, tape, for setting into printing devices
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/14427 Structure of ink jet print heads with thermal bend detached actuators
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1623 bonding and adhesion
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1626 etching
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1628 dry etching
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1629 wet etching
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1631 photolithography
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1632 machining
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1635 dividing the wafer into individual chips
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1637 molding
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1642 thin film formation by CVD [chemical vapor deposition]
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1643 thin film formation by plating
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1645 thin film formation by spincoating
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1646 thin film formation by sputtering
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1648 Production of print heads with thermal bend detached actuators
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/16585 for paper-width or non-reciprocating print heads
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/175 Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17503 Ink cartridges
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17513 Inner structure
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17546 electronically
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17596 : Ink pumps, ink valves
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2002/041 : Electromagnetic transducer
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2202/21 : Line printing
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/393 : Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine ; Controlling or analysing mechanical parameters involving printing of test patterns
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/50 : with both developing and finishing apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/79 : in semiconductor storage media, e.g. directly-addressable memories
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/86 : Secure or tamper-resistant housings
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2129 : Authenticate client device independently of the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 1/121 : by printing code marks applying code marks to labels B65C9/46; marking or coding completed packages B65B61/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 : multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/14 : using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light G06K7/10831 - G06K7/1097 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1417 : 2D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 11/56 : using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00278 : with a printing apparatus, e.g. a laser beam printer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 : for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 : using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2154 : the still video camera incorporating a hardcopy reproducing device, e.g. a printer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 : Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 : Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/00 : Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2628 : Alteration of picture size, shape, position or orientation, e.g. zooming, rotation, rolling, perspective, translation

Abstract

This invention provides for a print roll cartridge for a camera system. The cartridge includes a cylindrical internal core portion having a former dividing said core into a plurality of longitudinal ink supply reservoirs. The former also locates a paper supply roll thereon. The cartridge includes a covering unit which defines a slot and which houses the core portion, as well as a roller assembly attached to the covering unit to feed paper from the supply roll through the slot to the camera system.

Claims

1. A print roll cartridge for a camera system, said cartridge comprising:

a former having a cylindrical internal core portion divided into a plurality of longitudinal ink supply reservoirs, the former locating a paper supply roll thereon;

a covering unit which defines a slot and which houses the former; and

a roller assembly attached to the covering unit to feed paper from the supply roll through the slot to the camera system.

2. The cartridge of claim 1, wherein the internal core portion terminates in a sealing cap having apertures in fluid communication with the respective supply reservoirs.

3. The cartridge of claim 2, wherein the covering unit defines an aperture for receiving a pronged adapter so that the respective reservoirs can be brought into fluid communication with a printer of the camera system.

4. The cartridge of claim 1, wherein the supply reservoirs each include hydrophobically treated sponge portions for suspending ink therein.

5. The cartridge of claim 1, wherein the roller assembly includes two pinch rollers and a drive roller, the pinch roller to pinch the paper against the drive roller to provide for a de-curling of the paper around the core portion when the paper is fed to the camera system.

6. The cartridge of claim 1, wherein the covering unit includes an end protuberance to align the slot with a printing platen structure within the camera system.

7. The cartridge of claim 1, wherein the core portion includes a series of air breathing channels sealed by hydrophobically treated sealing tape which is placed over an end of the core portion to inhibit the entry of any fluid into such air breathing channels.

8. The cartridge of claim 1, wherein the core portion includes a series of ribs on an outer surface thereof to allow for minimal frictional contact between the core portion and the paper.