Appeal No. 2003-1966 Page 3
Application 08/789,959
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
Representative Claim 1
A separately replaceable, off-axis ink container of a plurality of
separately replaceable, off-axis ink containers for use in an ink-jet printer
having a scanning carriage having a plurality of ink-jet printheads mounted
therein, the scanning carriage being capable of movement along a scan
axis in a print zone portion and in a non-print zone portion of the ink-jet
printer such that, selective actuation of the plurality of ink-jet printheads in
the print zone portion forms images on print media, the ink-jet printer
having a stationary off-axis supply station in fluid communication with the
scanning carriage and disposed adjacent to the non-print zone portion for
receiving a plurality of separately replaceable, off-axis ink containers, the
separately replaceable, off-axis ink container comprising:
an ink reservoir configured for connection with the stationary off-
axis supply station to provide fluid communication with at least one of the
plurality of ink jet printheads mounted in the scanning carriage, the
reservoir including a fluid outlet configured for engaging a corresponding
fluid inlet associated with the stationary off-axis supply station of the ink-
jet printer; and
a housing associated with the ink reservoir and the fluid outlet, with
the separately replaceable, off-axis ink container properly inserted into the
stationary off-axis supply station of the ink-jet printer, the housing having a
width associated therewith, parallel to the scan axis, that is sized to be
less than a width of the non-print zone portion minus a sum of widths
associated with housings of remaining separately replaceable,
off-axis ink containers of the plurality of separately replaceable, off-axis ink
containers.
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