Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner refill apparatus
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Application No.: US17777254Application Date: 2019-11-18
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Publication No.: US11921443B2Publication Date: 2024-03-05
- Inventor: Seung il Kim
- Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/US2019/062023 2019.11.18
- International Announcement: WO2021/101509A 2021.05.27
- Date entered country: 2022-05-16
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
According to examples, a toner refill apparatus may include a chamber to house a toner, in which the chamber may include an insertion section, the insertion section to be inserted into a refill port of a toner cartridge and including a discharge opening, the refill port including an electrical circuit component. The apparatus may also include a valve mechanism positioned at the discharge opening to control output of the toner from the chamber through the discharge opening, in which an actuator may engage the valve mechanism and may controllably open the valve mechanism. The apparatus may further include an electronic chip to be in electrical communication the electrical circuit component, in which a controller may activate the actuator based on a detection that the electronic chip is in contact with the electrical circuit component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220390879A1 TONER REFILL APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-12-08
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