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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
May. 12, 2016
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Ismael Chanclon, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Xavier Alonso, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Ernesto Alejandro Jones Poppescou, Barcelona, ES;
Marc Morros, Terrassa, ES;
Ismael Chanclon, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Xavier Alonso, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Ernesto Alejandro Jones Poppescou, Barcelona, ES;
Marc Morros, Terrassa, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A build material container outlet structure, and a build material nozzle structure is described. The build material container outlet structure comprises a connector to releasably connect to a nozzle structure of an external aspiration system. The outlet structure comprises an aspiration channel to aspire build material from a build material container to the nozzle structure of the external aspiration system. The outlet structure comprises a protrusion protruding from an inner wall of the aspiration channel, to extend into an end portion of a tube of the nozzle structure that is inserted into the aspiration channel and retain a valve element of the nozzle structure in an open configuration.