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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Allen Wagner, Vancouver, WA (US);
Maria Magdalena Martinez Ferrandiz, Barcelona, ES;
Ronald Albert Askeland, San Diego, CA (US);
Marian Dinares Argemi, Terrassa, ES;
Chandrasekhar Nadimpalli, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Assignee:
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/04 (2006.01); B41J 2/005 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/005 (2013.01); B41J 2/04 (2013.01); B41J 2/14 (2013.01); B41J 2/14201 (2013.01); B41J 2/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to selectively control ink evaporation in printhead nozzles are disclosed. An example printhead for use with a printer includes a plurality of nozzles () and a plurality of valves () positioned adjacent respective ones of the nozzles () to selectively control fluid flow through the respective nozzle ().