IP Library Granted Patent US 8,047,639
Granted Patent B2
US 8,047,639 · App. 12/757,039 · Granted Nov 1, 2011

Refill unit for incremental millilitre fluid refill

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Patent No.
US 8,047,639
App. No.
12/757,039
Granted
Nov 1, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A refill unit for a fluid container is providing. The refill unit has a housing defining a fluid path in fluid communication with an outlet and configured to be operatively engaged with the fluid container, a fluid reservoir having an ejection port arranged in fluid communication with the fluid path inside the housing, and an ejector assembly configured to incrementally eject between 6 ml and 50 ml per increment of fluid from the reservoir when the assembly is actuated by operative engagement of the fluid container with the housing.

Claims (8)

1. A refill unit for a fluid container, said unit comprising:

a housing defining a fluid path in fluid communication with an outlet and configured to be operatively engaged with the fluid container;

a fluid reservoir having an ejection port arranged in fluid communication with the fluid path inside the housing; and

an ejector assembly configured to incrementally eject between 6 ml and 50 ml per increment of fluid from the reservoir when the assembly is actuated by operative engagement of the fluid container with the housing.

2. The unit of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes a collapsible reservoir storing the fluid and having the outlet at one end thereof.

3. The unit of claim 1 , wherein the outlet includes a syringe needle arranged to penetrate a valve seal of the fluid container.

4. The unit of claim 1 , wherein the housing defines a docking port including the outlet which is configured to dock with a refill port of the fluid container.

5. The unit of claim 1 , wherein the housing defines an aperture via which the fluid container actuates the ejector assembly.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 25, 2014
From: ZAMTEC LIMITED
To: MEMJET TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 033244/0276 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2013
From: SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LIMITED
To: ZAMTEC LIMITED
Reel/Frame 031517/0134 →