Patents by Inventor Gene D Jones
Gene D Jones has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8926059Abstract: A print head capping device includes a flexible cap configured to engage with a print head, and a cap mount including a first portion and a second portion. The cap is mounted to the first portion and to the second portion. The first portion of the cap mount and the second portion of the cap mount are moveable with respect to each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Greg K. Justice, Gene D. Jones
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Patent number: 8899722Abstract: A wiping assembly includes an endless belt and a plurality of rollers about which the belt is mounted. A first roller mounts a first end of the belt adjacent a first end of a belt zone while a second roller is adjacent at an opposite, second end of the belt zone. A third roller mounts a second end of the belt and is located at an intermediate position along a first orientation between the respective first and second ends of the belt zone. The third roller is translatable along the first orientation while the first roller and the second roller are non-translatable along the first orientation. The third roller is biased toward the first end of the belt zone to apply tension on the belt.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Steve A. O'Hara, Gene D. Jones, Scott Martin, Sierra Lynn Triebe
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Publication number: 20140198154Abstract: A wiping assembly includes an endless belt and a plurality of rollers about which the belt is mounted. A first roller mounts a first end of the belt adjacent a first end of a belt zone while a second roller is adjacent at an opposite, second end of the belt zone. A third roller mounts a second end of the belt and is located at an intermediate position along a first orientation between the respective first and second ends of the belt zone. The third roller is translatable along the first orientation while the first roller and the second roller are non-translatable along the first orientation. The third roller is biased toward the first end of the belt zone to apply tension on the belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Steve A. O'Hara, Gene D. Jones, Scott Martin, Sierra Lynn Triebe
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Publication number: 20130215189Abstract: A print head capping device includes a flexible cap configured to engage with a print head, and a cap mount including a first portion and a second portion. The cap is mounted to the first portion and to the second portion. The first portion of the cap mount and the second portion of the cap mount are moveable with respect to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2010Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Greg K. Justice, Gene D. Jones
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Patent number: 8177324Abstract: Printers and apparatus to clean printer surfaces are disclosed. An example apparatus to clean a surface in a printer includes an endless cleaning material loop and an advancer to advance the cleaning material loop when the loop is not engaged with the surface and to not advance the loop when the loop is engaged with the surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Inventors: Gene D. Jones, Kenneth Williams, Jeffrey R. Blackman
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Publication number: 20120103363Abstract: Printers and apparatus to clean printer surfaces are disclosed. An example apparatus to clean a surface in a printer includes an endless cleaning material loop and an advancer to advance the cleaning material loop when the loop is not engaged with the surface and to not advance the loop when the loop is engaged with the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Inventors: Gene D. Jones, Kenneth Williams, Jeffrey R. Blackman
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Patent number: 8128195Abstract: Methods and means for wiping a page-wide print array are provided. An installable and removable cartridge includes a quantity of web material. The web material traverses a serpentine pathway and is driven by a motor such that fresh web material can be provided to a cleaning zone. The web material within the cleaning zone is wiped across the ink discharge surface of an array of printing dies to remove debris. Wiping action is performed perpendicular to a lengthwise aspect of the page-wide print array. Various embodiments of compact and effective cleaning mechanisms are thus provided in modular, replaceable forms.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jeffrey T Hendricks, Gene D Jones
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Publication number: 20100177141Abstract: Methods and means for wiping a page-wide print array are provided. An installable and removable cartridge includes a quantity of web material. The web material traverses a serpentine pathway and is driven by a motor such that fresh web material can be provided to a cleaning zone. The web material within the cleaning zone is wiped across the ink discharge surface of an array of printing dies to remove debris. Wiping action is performed perpendicular to a lengthwise aspect of the page-wide print array. Various embodiments of compact and effective cleaning mechanisms are thus provided in modular, replaceable forms.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2009Publication date: July 15, 2010Inventors: Jeffrey T. Hendricks, Gene D. Jones
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Patent number: 6655793Abstract: Apparatus that includes a chute for receiving the print cartridge, a latch arm hingeably attached to the chute for rotation about a latch arm rotation axis, a clamp structure supported by the latch arm and supporting a clamp blade to be deflectable about a clamp rotation axis and deflectable along a clamp translation axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2002Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Gene D Jones, Steve O'Hara
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Patent number: 6637863Abstract: An ink jet printer including a print carriage and a latching assembly for latching print cartridges in the print carriage. The print cartridge includes a latch feature on a top wall of the cartridge body, and the latching assembly includes a latch arm hingeably attached to a cartridge receiving chute of the print carriage, a clamp structure supported by the latch arm for applying a first clamp force and a second clamp force to the cartridge latch feature generally along respective orthogonal axes and independently of each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2001Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Gene D Jones
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Publication number: 20030184617Abstract: Apparatus that includes a chute for receiving the print cartridge, a latch arm hingeably attached to the chute for rotation about a latch arm rotation axis, a clamp structure supported by the latch arm and supporting a clamp blade to be deflectable about a clamp rotation axis and deflectable along a clamp translation axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2002Publication date: October 2, 2003Inventors: Gene D. Jones, Steve O'Hara
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Publication number: 20020146267Abstract: An ink jet printer including a print carriage and a latching assembly for latching print cartridges in the print carriage. The print cartridge includes a latch feature on a top wall of the cartridge body, and the latching assembly includes a latch arm hingeably attached to a cartridge receiving chute of the print carriage, a clamp structure supported by the latch arm for applying a first clamp force and a second clamp force to the cartridge latch feature generally along respective orthogonal axes and independently of each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2001Publication date: October 10, 2002Inventor: Gene D. Jones
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Patent number: 5927877Abstract: A second feed roller of smaller diameter than a first feed roller is included in a media handling system. A print zone is located adjacent to the second feed roller away from the first feed roller to lower the location of the print zone. During ejection, a pivot mechanism moves from a first position adjacent to the printhead to an intermediary position. This causes arms to extend and rails to retract. The motions then pause and/or reverse, prior to full extension and full retraction. Next, the pivot mechanism moves to a second position causing the arms to fully extend and the rails to fully retract. The varied motion (e.g., pause and/or reversal) assures that the arms push at an edge of the media sheet to reliably move a media sheet into an output tray without the media sheet sailing from the printer.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 1997Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignee: Hewlett-Packard CompanyInventors: Kieran B Kelly, Allan G. Olson, Gene D. Jones
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Patent number: 5730537Abstract: A second feed roller of smaller diameter than a first feed roller is included in a media handling system. A print zone is located adjacent to the second feed roller away from the first feed roller to lower the location of the print zone. During ejection, a pivot mechanism moves from a first position adjacent to the printhead to an intermediary position. This causes arms to extend and rails to retract. The motions then pause and/or reverse, prior to full extension and full retraction. Next, the pivot mechanism moves to a second position causing the arms to fully extend and the rails to fully retract. The varied motion (e.g., pause and/or reversal) assures that the arms push at an edge of the media sheet to reliably move a media sheet into an output tray without the media sheet sailing from the printer.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 1997Date of Patent: March 24, 1998Assignee: Hewlett-Packard CompanyInventors: Kieran B. Kelly, Allan G. Olson, Gene D. Jones
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Patent number: 5277418Abstract: An improved printer paper pullout apparatus is described. In its preferred embodiment, the pullout apparatus includes a grasping mechanism, a capture mechanism and a securing mechanism. The grasping mechanism facilitates concurrent paper tray and paper stack movement from a printer feed zone. The securing mechanism ensures proper paper gripping before the paper tray can be released and extended from the printer feed zone. In addition, the grasping mechanism is shaped and positioned on the paper tray for ease of operator grip when manually extending the paper tray from the printer feed zone.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1992Date of Patent: January 11, 1994Assignee: Hewlett-Packard CompanyInventors: Gene D. Jones, Daniel R. Dwyer, Allan G. Olson, Steve O. Rasmussen
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Patent number: D373380Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 1995Date of Patent: September 3, 1996Assignee: Hewlett-Packard CompanyInventors: Daniel R. Dwyer, Gene D. Jones, Thomas E. McCue, Jr., Michael K. Bowen, Michael M. Leon
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Patent number: D390257Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1996Date of Patent: February 3, 1998Assignee: Hewlett-Packard CompanyInventors: Daniel R. Dwyer, Gene D. Jones, Michael M. Leon, Kevin O'Hara, Shannon D. Casey, Craig D. Sunada, Kieran B. Kelly
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Patent number: D406273Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1997Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Assignee: Hewlett-Packard CompanyInventors: Daniel R. Dwyer, Gene D. Jones, Thomas E McCue, Jr., Michael K. Bowen, Stephen G Brown, Michael M. Leon, Jan Hippen, David M Thorpe, Henry Y Chin, Thomas J Froning