IP Library Granted Patent US 11,104,150
Granted Patent B2
US 11,104,150 · App. 16/767,314 · Granted Aug 31, 2021

Valve housing rotation prevention

Inventors: Steve A. O'Hara (Vancouver, WA); Kenneth Williams (Vancouver, WA); Wesley R. Schalk (Vancouver, WA)
Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
B41J2/17596B41J2/1752B67C3/264B67C3/28G03G15/0877G03G15/0886G03G15/104
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Patent No.
US 11,104,150
App. No.
16/767,314
Granted
Aug 31, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

In some examples, an apparatus can include a pawl including an anti-rotation surface and a spring, and a valve housing including a wedge, where the spring biases the pawl to a first position in response to the valve housing being at a closed position such that the wedge of the valve housing contacts the anti-rotation surface of the pawl to prevent rotation of the valve housing at the first position of the pawl.

Claims (38)

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a pawl including an anti-rotation surface and a spring; and

a valve housing including a wedge;

wherein the spring biases the pawl to a first position in response to the valve housing being at a closed position such that the wedge of the valve housing contacts the anti-rotation surface of the pawl to prevent rotation of the valve housing at the first position of the pawl.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the pawl includes an angled surface; and

the pawl rotates from the first position to a second position in response to the angled surface of the pawl contacting a surface of an imaging device.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the rotation of the pawl from the first position to the second position causes the anti-rotation surface of the pawl to rotate away from the wedge of the valve housing such that the valve housing is rotated from the closed position to an open position.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 ; wherein the pawl rotates from the first position to the second position as a result of a translational motion of the apparatus causing the angled surface of the pawl to contact the surface of the imaging device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the spring contacts a member of the valve housing to bias the pawl to the first position.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 ; wherein the spring is a leaf spring.

7. A system, comprising:

a valve housing, including a first wedge and a second wedge; and

a pawl, including:

an anti-rotation surface that contacts the first wedge to prevent rotation of the valve housing in response to the valve housing being at a closed position;

an angled surface; and

a leaf spring to bias the pawl to a first position in response to the valve housing being at the closed position;

wherein the pawl rotates from the first position to a second position in response to the angled surface of the pawl contacting a surface of an imaging device.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the pawl rotates about a pawl axle to the second position to cause the anti-rotation surface of the pawl to rotate away from the first wedge of the valve housing such that the valve housing is rotated from the closed position to an open position.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the anti-rotation surface of the pawl contacts the second wedge in response to the pawl being at the second position to prevent rotation of the valve housing at the open position of the valve housing.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the pawl includes an anti-translation protrusion.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein:

the anti-translation protrusion is rotated into a slot of the imaging device as the pawl rotates from the first position to the second position; and

the anti-translation protrusion is located in the slot to prevent translational motion of the valve housing in response to the pawl being at the second position.

12. A print substance supply, comprising:

a valve housing, including a first wedge and a second wedge;

a pawl, including:

an anti-rotation surface that contacts the first wedge to prevent rotation of the valve housing in response to the valve housing being at a closed position;

an angled surface; and

a leaf spring to bias the pawl to a first position in response to the valve housing being at the closed position;

wherein:

the pawl rotates about a pawl axle from the first position to a second position to cause the anti-rotation surface of the pawl to rotate away from the first wedge of the valve housing in response to the angled surface of the pawl contacting a surface of an imaging device in response to a translational motion of the print substance supply towards the imaging device; and

the valve housing is rotated from the closed position to an open position such that the anti-rotation surface of the pawl contacts the second wedge.

13. The print substance supply of claim 12 , wherein:

the pawl includes an anti-translation protrusion; and

the pawl is rotated from the first position to the second position such that the anti-translation protrusion is located in a slot of the imaging device to prevent translational motion of the print substance supply in response to the valve housing being in the open position.

14. The print substance supply of claim 12 , wherein in response to the valve housing rotating from the open position to the closed position and in response to a translational motion of the print substance supply away from the imaging device, the pawl is rotated from the second position to the first position such that the anti-translation protrusion is removed from the slot of the imaging device.

15. The print substance supply of claim 14 , wherein the leaf spring rotates the pawl from the second position to the first position in response to the translational motion of the print substance supply away from the imaging device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2020
From: O'HARA, STEVE A.; WILLIAMS, KENNETH; SCHALK, WESLEY R.
To: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
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Continuity (1)
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