Patent ID: 7360879
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A pen adapter, comprising: a body having a pair of internal surfaces disposed opposite one another, the internal surfaces configured to define a set of negative datum features corresponding to a first set of positive datum features, the first set of positive datum features corresponding to a first pen; a latching mechanism, carried by the body between the internal surfaces, movable between an engaged state in which a pen inserted in the adapter is secured in the adapter and a released state in which a pen inserted in the adapter may be removed from the adapter; and an external surface, of the body, configured to define a second set of positive datum features, the second set of positive datum features corresponding to a second pen; wherein the pen adapter is configured to adapt a pen, originally for use with a printer requiring the first pen, for use with a printer requiring the second pen.