US 11,865,841 B2
Spittoon assembly for a printing device
Ignasi Bonjoch Roma, Sant Cugat del Valles (ES); Andreu Vinets Alonso, Sant Cugat del Valles (ES); and Javier Deocon Mir, Sant Cugat del Valles (ES)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/417,250
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/027287
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/209870, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0072860 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/16523 (2013.01) [B41J 2/1721 (2013.01); B41J 2/16505 (2013.01); B41J 2/16547 (2013.01); B41J 2002/1742 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing device comprising a print head and a spittoon assembly with a spit plate, wherein:
the print head is movable along a print head path extending from a printing zone to a maintenance area including the spittoon assembly;
a receiving surface of the spit plate faces a nozzle plate of the print head when the print head is in the maintenance area; and
the receiving surface of the spit plate is inclined relative to a horizontal direction by an inclination angle, and
wherein the spit plate is removably attached to the spittoon assembly.