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Article: Japanese Inventors Develop Inkjet Printer
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 8, 2006
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- Shota Iijima of Nagoya, Japan, and Mutsuo Fukuoka of Aichi-ken, Japan, have developed an inkjet printer in which ink in an ink cartridge is supplied to a recording head through a needle member.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet printer in which an ink cartridge is allowed to communicate with a recording head through a hollow needle member when the ink cartridge is thrust and attached into a body casing. In a support member of the body casing which supports the ink cartridge, an ink outlet having a concave shape open at the top is provided in a position vertically under the needle member. An ink absorber is provided on at least the ...