Patent ID: 6773100
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A receiving assembly for receiving an ink cartridge having one or more septum sealing ink within an ink holding chamber, the receiving assembly comprising:a housing defining a pocket for receiving the ink jet cartridge, the pocket having an open end and a closed end; one or more needles corresponding with each septum mounted to the closed end of the housing and protruding into the pocket; and an insertion mechanism rotatively mounted to the housing to operatively engage the ink bet cartridge for repositioning the ink let cartridge between a non-inserted position and an inserted position, the insertion mechanism including a lever having a pair of curved cam slots, each cam slot having an open end for engaging a respective boss formed into opposite sides of the ink cartridge when the lever is in the non-inserted position, the curves of the cam slots being operative through rotation of the lever to cause an upper surface of each cam slot to engage the respective boss and push the ink cartridge down into the pocket, wherein the non-inserted position causes at least one of the one or more needles to be removed from a corresponding septum and the inserted position causes at least one of the one or more needles to pierce a corresponding septum.