Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Outlet structure
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Application No.: US16070486Application Date: 2016-05-12
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Publication No.: US11226058B2Publication Date: 2022-01-18
- Inventor: Ismael Chanclon , Xavier Alonso , Ernesto Alejandro Jones Poppescou , Marc Morros
- Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. , Ismael Chanclon , Xavier Alonso , Ernesto Alejandro Jones Poppescou , Marc Morros
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston; ES Sant Cugat del Valles; ES Sant Cugat del Valles; ES Barcelona; ES Terrassa
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.,Ismael Chanclon,Xavier Alonso,Ernesto Alejandro Jones Poppescou,Marc Morros
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.,Ismael Chanclon,Xavier Alonso,Ernesto Alejandro Jones Poppescou,Marc Morros
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston; ES Sant Cugat del Valles; ES Sant Cugat del Valles; ES Barcelona; ES Terrassa
- Agency: HP Inc. Patent Department
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/060789 WO 20160512
- International Announcement: WO2017/194146 WO 20171116
- Main IPC: F16L29/04
- IPC: F16L29/04 ; B33Y30/00 ; F16L37/40 ; F16L29/02 ; B29C64/20 ; F16L37/32 ; B29C64/209

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210053282A1 OUTLET STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2021-02-25
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