US 11,886,130 B2
Print agent applicator positioning devices
Lavi Cohen, Nes Ziona (IL); Elad Alfo, Nes Ziona (IL); Shimi Nakash, Nes Ziona (IL); and Yonni Hartstein, Nes Ziona (IL)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/777,437
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/067800
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/126236, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0397843 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G03G 15/10 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/104 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising a print agent applicator positioning device, the device comprising:
a mount to support a print agent applicator at a load point on the mount;
an actuator coupled to the mount to apply a driving force at an actuation point on the mount; and
a guide mechanism to guide the mount and supported print agent applicator, under the driving force, to translate along a predetermined path towards a printing drum to form an engaging contact between the print agent applicator and the printing drum, wherein the printing drum is a photoconductive printing drum, wherein the predetermined path is curved, and wherein there is no change in the orientation of the mount and supported print agent applicator relative to the printing drum during the translation along the curved predetermined path.