Patents by Inventor Francesc Tarrida

Francesc Tarrida 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).

  • Patent number: 11904601
    Abstract: In an example, an apparatus includes an air treatment part to reduce the amount of a component comprised in air in the air treatment part and to supply treated air to a curing part, the air treatment part comprising a catalytic oxidizer to oxidize the component. The apparatus also includes the curing part to receive treated air from the air treatment part and to expose an item printed with a printing fluid comprising the component to the received treated air. The apparatus includes an air circulation system to cause the treated air to flow from the air treatment part into the curing part and to cause air from the curing part to flow into the air treatment part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Macia Sole, Xavier Gasso, Francesc Tarrida
  • Patent number: 11878466
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to one or more than one sealing assembly to seal an aperture, coupling two chambers, the aperture being arranged to accommodate a printhead carriage; the assembly comprising: at least a pair of curtains capable of being disposed in a sealing relationship with the aperture; the at least a pair of curtains being capable of being positioned one either side of the printhead carriage, and spooling and unspooling mechanisms comprising a pair of spools onto which the pair of curtains can be spooled and unspooled in response to movement of the printhead carriage to maintain the sealing relationship with the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Rhys Owen Mansell, Mohammad Jowkar, Francesc Tarrida Tirado
  • Patent number: 11745508
    Abstract: A printhead servicing system comprises a humidified air stream generator (10) to generate a humidified air stream; a humidified air stream channeling module (20) to channel the generated humidified air stream to a humidified air stream ejection module (30) to eject the humidified air stream towards a printhead nozzle plate (52a) of a printer (50); and a wiping module (40) to wipe a printhead nozzle plate (52a) of the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Carlos Eduardo Caballero Diaz, Francesc Tarrida Tirado, Javier Deocon Mir
  • Publication number: 20220203619
    Abstract: Example implementations provide a sealing assembly to a seal an aperture, coupling two chambers, the aperture being arranged to accommodate a printhead carriage; the assembly comprising: at least one curtain capable of being disposed in a sealing relationship with the aperture; the at least one curtain being capable of being positioned either side of the printhead carriage, and at least one biasing arrangement to bias the at least one curtain into a biased state; the biased state comprising a component orthogonal to a longitudinal length of the at least one curtain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Victor RUIZ RIVAS, Francesc TARRIDA TIRADO, Oriol BORRELL CARBONELL
  • Publication number: 20220088946
    Abstract: In an example, an apparatus includes an air treatment part to reduce the amount of a component comprised in air in the air treatment part and to supply treated air to a curing part, the air treatment part comprising a catalytic oxidizer to oxidize the component. The apparatus also includes the curing part to receive treated air from the air treatment part and to expose an item printed with a printing fluid comprising the component to the received treated air. The apparatus includes an air circulation system to cause the treated air to flow from the air treatment part into the curing part and to cause air from the curing part to flow into the air treatment part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Macia SOLE, Xavier GASSO, Francesc TARRIDA
  • Publication number: 20220048292
    Abstract: A printhead servicing system comprises a humidified air stream generator (10) to generate a humidified air stream; a humidified air stream channelling module (20) to channel the generated humidified air stream to a humidified air stream ejection module (30) to eject the humidified air stream towards a printhead nozzle plate (52a) of a printer (50); and a wiping module (40) to wipe a printhead nozzle plate (52a) of the printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Carlos Eduardo Caballero Diaz, Francesc Tarrida Tirado, Javier Deocon Mir
  • Publication number: 20210347121
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to one or more than one sealing assembly to seal an aperture, coupling two chambers, the aperture being arranged to accommodate a printhead carriage; the assembly comprising: at least a pair of curtains capable of being disposed in a sealing relationship with the aperture; the at least a pair of curtains being capable of being positioned one either side of the printhead carriage, and spooling and unspooling mechanisms comprising a pair of spools onto which the pair of curtains can be spooled and unspooled in response to movement of the printhead carriage to maintain the sealing relationship with the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Rhys Owen Mansell, Mohammad Jowkar, Francesc Tarrida Tirado
  • Patent number: 11117378
    Abstract: An example service station system may include a guide bar to provide tension on web material. An example print apparatus may include a sensor mounted to a carriage and a controller to use data from the sensor to identify that the web material is incorrectly routed with reference to the guide bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Dinares Argemi, Francesc Tarrida Tirado, Carlos Herrero Saez, Macia Sole Pons
  • Publication number: 20210187974
    Abstract: An apparatus, e.g. for curing a printing fluid, comprising an air treatment part, a curing part and an air circulation system. The air treatment part is to reduce the amount of a component comprised in air in the air treatment part and to supply treated air to a curing part. The curing part is to receive treated air from the air treatment part and to expose an item printed with a printing fluid comprising the component to the received treated air. The air circulation system is to cause the treated air to flow from the air treatment part into the curing part and to cause air from the curing part to flow into the air treatment part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Macia Sole, Xavier Gasso, Francesc Tarrida
  • Publication number: 20210129539
    Abstract: An example service station system may include a guide bar to provide tension on web material. An example print apparatus may include a sensor mounted to a carriage and a controller to use data from the sensor to identify that the web material is incorrectly routed with reference to the guide bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Marian Dinares Argemi, Francesc Tarrida Tirado, Carlos Herrero Saez, Macia Sole Pons
  • Patent number: 10926543
    Abstract: In an example, a wiper system includes a first wiper blade, a second wiper blade, and a cam. In that example, the cam is coupled to the first wiper blade to move the first wiper blade to a first wipe position when the cam is in a first cam position and coupled to the second wiper blade to move the second wiper blade to a second wipe position when the cam is in a second cam position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Francesc Tarrida Tirado, Sara Molins Cabani, Xavier Gasso Puchal
  • Patent number: 10889118
    Abstract: In an example, a wiper system includes a first wiper blade, a second wiper blade, and a cam. In that example, the cam is coupled to the first wiper blade to move the first wiper blade to a first wipe position when the cam is in a first cam position and coupled to the second wiper blade to move the second wiper blade to a second wipe position when the cam is in a second cam position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Francesc Tarrida Tirado, Sara Molins Cabani, Xavier Gasso Puchal
  • Patent number: 10857800
    Abstract: In an example, a wiper system includes a first wiper blade, a second wiper blade, and a liquid dispenser. In that example, the liquid dispenser is oriented to eject liquid towards a cloth area across from the first wiper blade when the first wiper blade is in a rest position and the second wiper blade is in a service position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Francesc Tarrida Tirado, Sara Molins Cabani, Xavier Gasso Puchal
  • Patent number: 10792923
    Abstract: Certain examples described herein relate to calibrating a cleaning element for a printhead. A print medium sensor is aligned with a nozzle plane of the printhead to detect displacement, during a print job, of a print medium out of the nozzle plane. Relative movement between the cleaning element and the printhead is enacted. During this movement, activation of the print medium sensor is detected. A reference position for the cleaning element is stored based on the detected activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Francesc Tarrida Tirado, Marc Lupon Navazo, Alejandro Mielgo Barba
  • Publication number: 20200247129
    Abstract: Certain examples described herein relate to calibrating a cleaning element for a printhead. A print medium sensor is aligned with a nozzle plane of the printhead to detect displacement, during a print job, of a print medium out of the nozzle plane. Relative movement between the cleaning element and the printhead is enacted. During this movement, activation of the print medium sensor is detected. A reference position for the cleaning element is stored based on the detected activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Francesc Tarrida Tirado, Marc Lupon Navazo, Alejandro Mielgo Barba
  • Publication number: 20200070522
    Abstract: In an example, a wiper system includes a first wiper blade, a second wiper blade, and a liquid dispenser. In that example, the liquid dispenser is oriented to eject liquid towards a cloth area across from the first wiper blade when the first wiper blade is in a rest position and the second wiper blade is in a service position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Francesc Tarrida Tirado, Sara Molins Cabani, Xavier Gasso Puchal
  • Publication number: 20200055316
    Abstract: In an example, a wiper system includes a first wiper blade, a second wiper blade, and a cam. In that example, the cam is coupled to the first wiper blade to move the first wiper blade to a first wipe position when the cam is in a first cam position and coupled to the second wiper blade to move the second wiper blade to a second wipe position when the cam is in a second cam position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Francesc Tarrida Tirado, Sara Molins Cabani, Xavier Gasso Puchal
  • Patent number: 9315037
    Abstract: An ink aerosol filtration system includes an inlet, a filtration chamber communicated with the inlet and including at least one filter member, and an airflow source communicated with the filtration chamber to generate flow into the inlet, through the filtration chamber and through the at least one filter member, wherein the airflow source is controlled to maintain substantially constant pressure at the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Xavier Gasso Puchal, Francesc Tarrida Tirado, Xavier Gros Gras
  • Publication number: 20150266305
    Abstract: An ink aerosol filtration system includes an inlet, a filtration chamber communicated with the inlet and including at least one filter member, and an airflow source communicated with the filtration chamber to generate flow into the inlet, through the filtration chamber and through the at least one filter member, wherein the airflow source is controlled to maintain substantially constant pressure at the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Xavier Gasso Puchal, Francesc Tarrida Tirado, Xavier Gros Gras
  • Patent number: 9039812
    Abstract: In one implementation, a substance removal apparatus may include a collection unit and a removal unit. The collection unit may have a structure forming a channel and an inlet to receive an exhaust from a print system. The removal unit may separate a substance from the exhaust and transfer heat from the exhaust to the print system. The removal unit may include a heat exchanger and an impaction mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Francesc Tarrida Tirado, Xavier Gasso Puchal, Macia Sole Pons