Patents by Inventor Xavier Gras Gros

Xavier Gras Gros 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).

  • Printhead wiping
    Patent number: 9862194
    Abstract: In one example, a method for wiping the face of a printhead includes wiping across the face of the printhead and then wiping along the face of the printhead with a web of cleaning material. In another example, a wiper for wiping a face of a printhead includes a rotatable shaft having an axis of rotation and a helical blade affixed to the shaft. The helical blade is simultaneously rotatable on the shaft against the face of the printhead and translatable along the face of the printhead in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Gonzalo Gaston Llado, Marta Coma Vives, Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Joan Albert Jorba Closa, Ezequiel Jordi Rufes Bernad, Xavier Gras Gros
  • PRINTHEAD WIPING
    Publication number: 20170173963
    Abstract: In one example, a method for wiping the face of a printhead includes wiping across the face of the printhead and then wiping along the face of the printhead with a web of cleaning material. In another example, a wiper for wiping a face of a printhead includes a rotatable shaft having an axis of rotation and a helical blade affixed to the shaft. The helical blade is simultaneously rotatable on the shaft against the face of the printhead and translatable along the face of the printhead in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Gonzalo Gaston Llado, Marta Coma Vives, Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Joan Albert Jorba Closa, Ezequiel Jordi Rufes Bernad, Xavier Gras Gros