Refill containers with pressurized fluid chambers
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsGabriel Scott McDaniel, Jeffrey Harold Luke, Sean Daniel FitzGerald
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Abstract
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a refill container is described. The refill container includes a reservoir to house a volume of print compound and a chamber to house a pressurized fluid. A wall separates the reservoir from the chamber. A pressure release device of the refill container creates a fluid path between the chamber and the reservoir such that the pressurized fluid flows into the reservoir to mix with the volume of print compound. A trigger of the refill container activates the pressure release device.
Claims20
A refill container comprising:
- a reservoir to house a volume of print compound;
- a chamber to house a pressurized fluid;
- a wall to separate the reservoir from the chamber, wherein the chamber is sealed from the reservoir by the wall;
- a pressure release device to create a fluid path through the wall between the chamber and the reservoir such that the pressurized fluid flows from the chamber into the reservoir to mix with the volume of print compound;
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- a trigger to activate the pressure release device.
A method comprising:
- authenticating a refill container coupled to a printing system, wherein the refill container includes a chamber and a reservoir to house a volume of print compound, the chamber to house a pressurized fluid;
- following authentication of the refill container:
- creating, based on activation of a pressure release device, a fluid path through a wall between the chamber and the reservoir, wherein the wall between the chamber and the reservoir seals the chamber from the reservoir prior to creating the fluid path through the wall;
- agitating the print compound via introduction of the pressurized fluid from the chamber to the reservoir through the fluid path created through the wall;
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- receiving the print compound in a printing system reservoir.
A refill container comprising:
- a reservoir to house a volume of print compound used in a printing system;
- a chamber to house a pressurized fluid;
- a wall to separate the reservoir from the chamber, wherein the chamber is sealed from the reservoir by the wall;
- a pressure release device to create a fluid path through the wall between the chamber and the reservoir such that the pressurized fluid flows from the chamber through the fluid path into the reservoir to agitate the volume of print compound;
- a cap comprising a trigger to activate the pressure release device;
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- a security device including information to authenticate the refill container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.