US 12,434,485 B2
Air ingestion prevention
Dorkaitz Alain Vazquez Fernandez, Sant Cugat del Valles (ES); Maria Dinares Argemi, Sant Cugat del Valles (ES); Mauricio Seras Franzoso, Sant Cugat del Valles (ES); and Josep Ortiz Mompel, Sant Cugat del Valles (ES)
Assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/251,142
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/058237
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/093267, PCT Pub. Date May 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406001 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/19 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/19 (2013.01) [B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/17523 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printhead storage device comprising:
a printhead pocket to receive a printhead;
a receptacle with an interior chamber wherein printing fluid is provided; and a fluid interconnect device comprising a fluid path with the interior chamber,
wherein the printhead pocket, the receptacle, and the fluid interconnect device are independent of a printer,
wherein upon insertion of a printhead in the printhead pocket:
the fluid interconnect device is connected to the printhead, thereby providing a fluid connection between the printhead and the interior chamber; and
the printhead is not operable when inserted in the printhead pocket, and wherein an extraction of the printhead from the printhead pocket moves a blocking element of the fluid interconnect device to a position that blocks the fluid path.