Patent ID: 6745691
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: B41K

Abstract:
An ink supplying device used in a tape dispenser to supply ink to the printing surface of a printing wheel in said tape dispenser for printing a design on a tape being dispensed by said tape dispenser, the ink supplying device comprising:a housing detachably mounted in said tape dispenser for receiving ink therein; a porous ink soaking layer mounted inside said housing and adapted to soak the ink; a fabric ink applying layer covered on said porous ink soaking layer to be contacted with the printing surface of the printing wheel of said tape dispenser for applying the ink from said porous ink soaking layer to said printing surface; and wherein said housing is a box-like hollow member having a top opening in a top side thereof, and a round arch-like inner shell adapted to support said porous ink soaking layer and said fabric ink applying layer inside said housing and to keep a part of said fabric ink applying layer exposed to the outside of said housing through said opening.