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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:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tod S Heiles, Vancouver, WA (US);
Kenneth R Williams, Vancouver, WA (US);
Thomas Cocklin, Ridgefield, WA (US);
B Michael Eckard, Cardiff, CA (US);
Christopher Taylor, Barcelona, ES;
Richard H Lewis, Barcelona, ES;
Antoni Murcia, San Diego, CA (US);
Norman E Pawlowski, Corvallis, OR (US);
Ted Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 ;
Abstract
A unitary latching device moves between an open position allowing individual inkjet print cartridges to be installed or replaced and a closed position securely positioning a plurality of print cartridges in a carriage during printing, replenishing and servicing modes.