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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Katsushi Higashida, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Uchitani, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2025 (2013.01); G03G 21/169 (2013.01); G03G 21/1609 (2013.01); G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); G03G 21/1685 (2013.01); G03G 21/1814 (2013.01); G03G 21/1828 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1606 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1609 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1669 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lubricant replacement case for an image forming apparatus includes a housing including a plurality of storage compartments to accommodate at least one lubricant unit. The plurality of storage compartments include at least one storage compartment for unused lubricant to be inserted into the image forming apparatus and at least one storage compartment for used lubricant to be retrieved from the image forming apparatus.