Patent ID: 6164741
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An oil based computer printing system for processing an image document and printing the image on a rough surface material to produce an oil based print of the image on the material, the computer printing system comprising, in combination:a computer;a computer scanner electrically connected to the computer;a computer printer electrically connected to the computer;a rough surface material being loadable into the computer printer;an image document having an image thereon, the image document being receivable by the scanner for processing the image on the image document into an associated computer file;the computer file being readable by the printer such that the printer prints the image on the rough surface material;wherein the computer printer further includes an image fluid compartment having four image fluid container receivers in the image fluid compartment, each image fluid container receiver being for holding an associated one of four image fluid containers;a differently colored image fluid loaded into each said image fluid container;wherein each image fluid container is held in place by a retaining member;wherein the image fluid is further defined as an oil based paint;each image fluid container further having a fluid spout, the fluid spout having an annular fluid detent matingly received by a spout assembly of the image fluid compartment receiver;the spout assembly having a receiving rib, a fluid needle, and a fluid seal;the fluid needle extending upwardly into said image fluid container compartment in a position such that the needle pierces an end of the fluid spout of the image fluid container received by the image fluid container receiver for providing fluid connection between the image fluid container and the computer printer;the receiving rib being for mating with the annular fluid detent to hold the image fluid container in sealed fluid connection with the computer printer;the fluid seal being for preventing leakage of the image fluid into the image fluid container compartment;wherein the image fluid compartment includes a lid hingedly attached to a medial portion of a lengthwise side of the image fluid compartment;each image fluid compartment receiver being substantially cylindrical, each image fluid compartment further including a pair of oppositional hollow portions extending outwardly from an outer perimeter of the image fluid compartment receiver for permitting the grasping of opposite sides of the image fluid container held in the image fluid container receiver by a finger and a thumb of a user for facilitating removal and replacement of the image fluid compartment; andeach retainer having a substantially circular protrusion snugly insertable into the image fluid container receiver and a cap portion extending radially outward from an upper surface of the protrusion for covering the oppositional hollow portions of the image fluid container receiver when the protrusion is inserted into the image fluid container receiver, the cap portion having a tab extending outwardly from the cap portion for facilitating grasping of the retainer by a user for removal of the retainer from the image fluid container receiver.