Print materials replenishment

US11491797B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Andrew P. Chick · Vancouver, US
• Kenneth K. Smith · Boise, US
• Matthew James Storey · Austin, US
• Pratik Shah · San Diego, US
• Luke Kim · Seongnam-si, KR
• Sean Daniel Fitzgerald · Boise, US
• Mathew Lavigne · Boise, US
• Jeffrey H. Luke · Boise, US
• Jiwon Moon · Seongnam-si, KR
• Minchul Lee · Seoul, KR
• Corbett Benjamin Schoenfelt · Austin, US
• Bennett Alexander Nadeau · Austin, US
• Zackary Thomas Hickman · Austin, US
• Jefferson Blake West · Austin, US
• Muriel Hale Shields · Austin, US
• An Tran · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 30, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 8, 2022
• Expiry date: Nov 9, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03G2221/1654
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In some examples, a print materials container can include a dispense mechanism to dispense print materials directly to an in-situ reservoir of a printing device, a lock feature to engage a fill port during connection of the dispense mechanism to the fill port, and a valve integrated with the dispense mechanism for connecting the dispense mechanism to the fill port of the reservoir and comprising an output opening offset from a center axis of a tip of the dispense mechanism. The valve can open responsive to rotation of the valve opening with respect to the lock feature such that opposite openings align.