Patents by Inventor Ignasi Vila

Ignasi Vila 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).

  • Printing apparatus
    Patent number: 9254698
    Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises supports for holding a roll of print media during printing, said supports being accessible from one side of the printer to insert a roll of print media, and an auxiliary media tray suitable for holding in a stable position a roll of print media placed with its outer surface resting on the tray, said auxiliary tray being attached to the printer on the same side of the printer from where the supports for the roll of print media are accessible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ignasi Vila, Macia Sole
  • Printing apparatus
    Publication number: 20080181709
    Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises supports for holding a roll of print media during printing, said supports being accessible from one side of the printer to insert a roll of print media, and an auxiliary media tray suitable for holding in a stable position a roll of print media placed with its outer surface resting on the tray, said auxiliary tray being attached to the printer on the same side of the printer from where the supports for the roll of print media are accessible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Ignasi Vila, Macia Sole
  • Printer having media bin and method for operation
    Publication number: 20050280202
    Abstract: A printer having a printing unit, a structure that supports the printing unit, and a device coupled to the printer that receives media provided as an output from the printer is provided. The device coupled to the printer is a bin having at least one arm connecting the bin to the structure, wherein the arm is capable of pivotal movement with respect to said structure to allow movement of the bin from a position substantially beneath the printing unit to a media-receiving position is provided. A device having a bin and a bin moving mechanism that is operative to move the bin between a stored position and a media-receiving position in which the bin is capable of receiving media output from the printer is provided. A method of positioning a bin for receiving media from a printer by moving the bin between the stored and a media-receiving position is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Ignasi Vila, Roberto Sarasa, Thomas Hubner
  • Multiple web printing
    Patent number: 6953292
    Abstract: Imaging by providing a plurality of webs, receiving a print job having one or more print images to be printed on the plurality of webs, and printing the one or more print images substantially simultaneously on one or more of the plurality of webs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jorge Menendez, Ignasi Vila
  • Multiple web printing
    Publication number: 20040022568
    Abstract: Imaging by providing a plurality of webs, receiving a print job having one or more print images to be printed on the plurality of webs, and printing the one or more print images substantially simultaneously on one or more of the plurality of webs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Jorge Menendez, Ignasi Vila