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US 12,403,434 B2Granted
Print material container
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJustin Pettingill, Ricardo Osuna, Sean Daniel Fitzgerald, Gabriel Mcdaniel, Juan Guzman, William Mcneil, Melissa Rhea Roberts
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Abstract
A print material container comprising a body to hold print material, a housing, and a detecting member. The housing being coupled to the body and including a movable mass to move in the housing when a shaking force is applied to the print material container. The detecting member to detect the shaking force and to signal a feedback of the shaking force relative to a shaking force threshold.
Claims19
A print material container comprising:
- a body to hold print material;
- a housing coupled to the body, the housing including a movable mass to move in the housing when a shaking force is applied to the print material container;
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- a detecting member to detect the shaking force and to signal a feedback of the shaking force relative to a shaking force threshold, wherein the detecting member includes:
- a supply key located on the housing, wherein, when the applied shaking force is above the shaking force threshold, the movable mass moves the supply key to an end of the housing.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a device to produce images or objects on a recording medium;
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- a print material container coupled to the device, wherein the print material container comprises:
- a body to hold print material;
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- a housing coupled to the body, the housing including a movable mass to move in the housing when as shaking force is applied to the print material container;
- and
- a detecting member to detect the shaking force and to signal a feedback of the shaking force relative to a shaking force threshold, wherein the detecting member includes:
- a supply key located on the housing, wherein, when the applied shaking force is above the shaking force threshold, the movable mass moves the supply key to an end of the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.