Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid container having plurality of chambers and valves
- Patent Title (中): 具有多个室和阀的流体容器
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Application No.: US13977216Application Date: 2011-01-07
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Publication No.: US09315030B2Publication Date: 2016-04-19
- Inventor: Patrick V Boyd , David Olsen , Patricia A Kellar
- Applicant: Patrick V Boyd , David Olsen , Patricia A Kellar
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: HP Inc. Patent Development
- International Application: PCT/US2011/020481 WO 20110107
- International Announcement: WO2012/094012 WO 20120712
- Main IPC: B41J2/175
- IPC: B41J2/175 ; B65D83/00

Abstract:
A fluid container usable with an image forming apparatus is disclosed. The fluid container includes a housing unit, a free-fluid chamber disposed in the housing unit and configured to store fluid, and a regulated chamber disposed in the housing unit. The regulated chamber includes a regulator unit, an outlet and a plurality of states. The regulator unit is configured to regulate respective fluid therein. The outlet is configured to transport the respective fluid from the regulated chamber. The fluid container also includes a plurality of valves disposed in the housing unit. At least one of the valves is configured to selectively stop fluid communication between the regulated chamber and the free-fluid chamber based on the respective state of the regulated chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130271534A1 FLUID CONTAINER HAVING PLURALITY OF CHAMBERS AND VALVES Public/Granted day:2013-10-17
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