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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2017
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);

Inventors:

David Butinya, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;

Pol Vinardell, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;

Marta Coma Vives, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/18 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/165 (2013.01); B41J 2/18 (2013.01); B41J 2/2107 (2013.01);
Abstract

Fluid supply apparatusis disclosed. The fluid supply apparatuscomprises a first conduitto supply fluid to a fluid dispense head and a second conduitto receive fluid from the fluid dispense head. The first conduitand second conduitmay both supply print fluid to a print head in a printing or servicing configuration. The first conduitand the second conduitare coupled together via a closable third conduit. The closable third conduitpermits fluid flow between the first conduitand the second conduit. The third conduitcomprises deformable walls movable towards each other to close the third conduitto the passage of fluid between the firstand second conduit


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