US 11,865,845 B2
Print material refill device
Andrew P. Chick, Vancouver, WA (US); Kenneth K. Smith, Boise, ID (US); Matthew James Storey, Austin, TX (US); Pratik Shah, San Diego, CA (US); Luke Kim, Seongnam-si (KR); Sean Daniel Fitzgerald, Boise, ID (US); Mathew Lavigne, Boise, ID (US); Jeffrey H. Luke, Boise, ID (US); Jiwon Moon, Seongnam-si (KR); Minchul Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); Corbett Benjamin Schoenfelt, Austin, TX (US); Bennett Alexander Nadeau, Austin, TX (US); Zackary Thomas Hickman, Austin, TX (US); Jefferson Blake West, Austin, TX (US); Muriel Hale Shields, Austin, TX (US); and An Tran, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Filed by HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/954,638.
Application 17/954,638 is a continuation of application No. 17/047,219, granted, now 11,491,797, previously published as PCT/US2018/048769, filed on Aug. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0017982 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17513 (2013.01) [B41J 2/17523 (2013.01); B41J 2/17596 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A print material refill device, the device comprising:
a container to contain print material;
a dispensing end to engage a fill port of a printing device during connection of the print material refill device to the fill port, the dispensing end including a column offset from a center axis of the print material refill device to pass print material to an entrance of the fill port; and
a cover integrated with the dispensing end,
wherein the cover is to rotate to expose an opening of the column to the entrance of the fill port based on the connection of the print material refill device to the fill port.