Device to supply printing material
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJustin Pettingill, Gabriel McDaniel, Jeffrey H. Luke, Sean Daniel FitzGerald
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Abstract
A device to supply printing material to a printing material container of a printing apparatus includes a container including a plunger and to contain the printing material, a portal couplable to a refill port to the printing material container. The portal includes a discharge port through which the printing material is transferrable from the container, and a connector to receive power to move the plunger, to cause a transfer of the printing material contained in the container to the printing material container through the discharge port.
Claims15
A device to supply printing material to a printing material container of a printing apparatus, the device comprising:
- a container including a plunger and to contain the printing material;
- a portal couplable to a refill port to the printing material container, the portal including
- a discharge port through which the printing material is transferrable from the container, and
- a connector to receive power to move the plunger, to cause a transfer of the printing material contained in the container to the printing material container through the discharge port.
A printing apparatus to include a printing material container coupleable to a device, the printing apparatus comprising:
- a refill port through which the device including printing material is couplable to the printing material container and to receive power to drive the device to supply the printing material included in the device to the printing material container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.