Patent ID: 7575309

Claim:
A fluid supply system for a printing device, the fluid supply system comprising: an ink reservoir adapting member operatively disposed within an ink cartridge, the adapting member having an open end and an end opposed to the open end, the open end adapted to have a filter disposed thereon, the opposed end substantially angularly offset from the open end in a manner sufficient to substantially promote fluid and air migration toward a fluid conduit, the ink reservoir adapting member having two substantially rounded, opposed, fluid-contacting sides defined between the open end and the opposed end, wherein a depth between the open end and the opposed end substantially varies along at least a portion of a length between two opposed sides of the adapting member; and a predetermined area of the opposed end defining the fluid conduit, the predetermined area located at a region where the depth is substantially greatest, the conduit adapted to release fluid and air from the ink reservoir adapting member.