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US 2021/0276255 A1Published application
Material container with hollow handle
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJuan J Hernandez, Kevin E Swier
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Abstract
A container includes an elongate hollow main portion to store a printing material and includes an openable end and an opposite closed end. The opposite closed end is at least partially defined by an end wall and by a hollow handle portion. The hollow handle portion is in fluid communication with an interior of the main portion.
Claims15
A container comprising:
- an elongate hollow main portion to store a 3D printing material and including:
- an openable end;
- and
- an opposite closed end at least partially defined by an end wall and by an at least partially hollow handle portion extending from at least the end wall,
- wherein the hollow handle portion comprises a flange spaced apart from the end wall and the hollow handle portion is in fluid communication with an interior of the main portion.
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A container comprising:
- an elongate hollow shell to store a printing material, the shell including an openable end and an opposite closed end comprising a handle, the closed end comprising a hand-grippable portion including:
- a first portion having a first cross-sectional area which comprises a majority fraction of a total cross-sectional area of the closed end, wherein the first portion comprises a first end surface defining an utmost end of the shell;
- and
- a second portion having a second cross-sectional area comprising a complementary fraction of a total cross-sectional area of the closed end, wherein the second portion comprises a second end surface spaced apart from the first end surface along an orientation generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the shell.
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A container comprising:
- an elongate shell to store a printing material, the shell including an openable end and an opposite closed end, the closed end comprising:
- a recessed end wall;
- and
- an elongate hollow handle portion spaced apart from the recessed end wall to define a void between the handle portion and the recessed end wall, the handle portion in fluid communication with an interior of the shell and comprising an elongate segment extending generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the shell,
- wherein at least a portion of the openable end of the shell is removably insertable into a receiving portion of a 3D printing system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.