Patent ID: 7273273
Filing Date: 2007-09-25
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A device for storing and simultaneously refilling with different colour inks to a cartridge of a colour printhead, comprising: a container in which are disposed a housing for said cartridge to be refilled and includes at least three independent tanks for inks of different colours, each tank being associated with a feeding member, cooperating with said cartridge for transferring the ink of each colour from the corresponding tank to said cartridge when said container is in the operating position, vertical with respect to a horizontal support plane, said tanks being arranged concentrically in a central position in said container each of said tanks being suitable for containing a predetermined quantity of colour ink, collected in a corresponding feeding compartment adjacent to a bottom wall of said container, and each of said tanks extending in the direction of a top wall of said container forming a corresponding back-flow compartment, communicating freely with the corresponding feeding compartment below, said back-flow compartments being suitable for receiving said colour inks, when said container is turned over on a side, or upside down, so that said feeding members emerge from said inks interrupting the feeding of said cartridge.