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US 2021/0318644 A1Published application
Print material agitators coupled to tabs
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAndie Zoeller Weyant, Jeffrey Harold Luke
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Abstract
A print material cartridge (215) that includes a reservoir to maintain an amount of print material (Toner) therein; an agitator (230) formed within the reservoir to fragment clumps of print material present in the reservoir; and a tab (235) mechanically coupled to the agitator via a gear system (240), the tab extending out of a housing of the print material cartridge to activate the agitator as the print material cartridge is being interfaced with a printing device (205, 410).
Claims15
A print material cartridge, comprising:
- a reservoir to maintain an amount of print material therein;
- an agitator formed within the reservoir to fragment clumps of print material present in the reservoir;
- and
- a tab mechanically coupled to the agitator via a gear system, the tab extending out of a housing of the print material cartridge to activate the agitator as the print material cartridge is being interfaced with a printing device.
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A printing system, comprising:
- a printing device comprising a print material cartridge port;
- a print material cartridge comprising:
- a print material reservoir;
- a tab formed through a portion of the print material cartridge;
- and
- an agitator formed within the reservoir mechanically moveable and coupled to the tab via a gear system;
- wherein movement of the tab via introduction of the print material cartridge into the print material cartridge port causes the agitator to move within the print material reservoir.
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A toner agitator, comprising:
- a lattice structure formed along a transverse direction within a print toner cartridge;
- and
- a shovel member formed on a side of the lattice structure;
- wherein movement of the toner agitator through a reservoir of the print toner cartridge causes the shovel member to lift a portion of an amount of toner and pass the amount of toner behind the lattice structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.