Patent ID: 6315401
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink printer comprising:a printer body having two side walls arranged at a longitudinal distance from one another and a user side defined along a longitudinal side of the printer body between the two side walls;an exchangeable tank removably insertable into the printer body;a printer ink connection arranged at the printer body, an ink connection arranged at a side of the exchangeable tank, the tank side having a defined cross-section, the printer ink connection and the tank ink connection being arranged so as to be connectable to one another after insertion of the exchangeable tank into the printer body;a basin-type transverse carrier arranged longitudinally between the two side walls proximal the user side, the basin-type transverse carrier having an open top portion that accommodates said exchangeable tank;a spring-mounted protective plate arranged in and perpendicular to the basin-type transverse carrier so as to be longitudinally movable, a cross-section of the spring-mounted protective plate being configured so as to conform to and thereby accommodate the cross-section of the ink connection side of the exchangeable tank;a forward motion device arranged in the basin-type transverse carrier so as to enable manual movement of the exchangeable tank into a fixed end position, thereby connecting the printer ink connection to the tank ink connection;a shield plate arranged proximal a region of the spring-mounted protective plate so as to cover a top of the transverse carrier; anda hollow needle securely attached to the shield plate, central relative to the ink connection of the exchangeable tank.