Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Print apparatuses using reusable print agent containers
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Application No.: US17051094Application Date: 2018-08-22
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Publication No.: US11433684B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Peter Nedelin , Mark Sandler , Assaf Pines , Shai Lior
- Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: Fabian VanCott
- International Application: PCT/US2018/047544 WO 20180822
- International Announcement: WO2020/040759 WO 20200227
- Main IPC: B41J2/175
- IPC: B41J2/175 ; B41J2/17 ; B41J2/18 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G15/10

Abstract:
A print apparatus is disclosed. The print apparatus comprises a container-receiving unit for receiving a reusable print agent container; a print agent reservoir for storing print agent to be consumed by the print apparatus during a printing operation; a pump for transferring print agent between a reusable print agent container positioned in the container-receiving unit and the print agent reservoir; and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is to operate the pump to transfer print agent of a first concentration from the reusable print agent container to the print agent reservoir; and, responsive to determining that a volume of print agent of the first concentration in the reusable print agent container has fallen below a threshold volume, operate the pump to transfer a volume of print agent of a second, lower concentration from the print agent reservoir to the reusable print agent container. A method and a machine-readable medium are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210232059A1 PRINT APPARATUSES USING REUSABLE PRINT AGENT CONTAINERS Public/Granted day:2021-07-29
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