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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:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17573 (2013.01); G03G 15/0848 (2013.01);
Abstract
In various examples, colorant sensors can include a printing device comprising a hopper to receive a colorant, a supply to receive the colorant from the hopper, an aperture disposed between the hopper and the supply, a light emitter to emit light that passes through the aperture, and a light sensor located on the opposite side of the aperture relative the light emitter to sense a portion of the emitted light that passes through the aperture to permit determination of whether colorant present in the aperture based on the portion of the emitted light sensed by the light sensor.