Patents by Inventor Keith Jariabka

Keith Jariabka 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).

  • Publication number: 20230331006
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to print media rollers. For example, implementations can include a device that includes a first roller to receive print media, a first sensor to determine when a leading edge of the print media is at a first location, a second roller to be activated based on a type of the print media and when the leading edge of the print media interacts with the first sensor, a second sensor to determine when the leading edge of the print media is at a second location, wherein the first roller is deactivated based on when the leading edge of the print media interacts with the second sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Ewe, KEITH JARIABKA, JUAN D RAMOS
  • Publication number: 20230242372
    Abstract: In some examples, the disclosure describes a device that includes a first media tray positioned at a media input of a pick and separation mechanism, a second media tray positioned at the media input of the pick and separation mechanism, a media scan guide to position a sheet of print media at the media input of the pick and separation mechanism, a shared media path comprising a turn roller to receive the sheet of print media from the pick and separation mechanism from a first direction and provide the sheet of print media to a print zone in a second direction, and an output zone to receive the sheet of print media from the shared media path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Keith Jariabka, John J. Cantrell, Juan D. Ramos
  • Publication number: 20230104588
    Abstract: Example methods for cleaning a pick tire of a printer are disclosed, along with systems that may be used to carry out the disclosed methods. In an example, the method includes advancing print media from a print media storage tray with a pick tire disposed within a printer. In addition, the method includes stopping the advancement of the print media. Further, the method includes rotating the pick tire on the print media to clean the pick tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Sheadel, Keith Jariabka, Nathan Adamski, John T.E. Myers
  • Patent number: 11584128
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a cap to seal a printhead in a printhead assembly, where the cap includes a priming port and a venting port. A vent connected to the venting port is sealed by a cam controlled vent-arm while a vacuum pump connected to the priming port applies a vacuum to prime the printhead. The vent is unsealed by the cam controlled vent-arm and the vacuum pump clears ink from the priming cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Keith Jariabka, Berne Strom
  • Publication number: 20220305795
    Abstract: In some examples, the disclosure describes a device that includes a moveable carriage, a chimney coupled to a first side of the moveable carriage to be positioned to receive a print substance when the moveable carriage is in a particular position, and a reservoir coupled to a second side of the moveable carriage to collect the print substance received at the chimney.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Han, Jafar N. Jefferson, Saurabh Shripad Bhide, Jeremy Barker, Keith Jariabka
  • Patent number: 11305548
    Abstract: An ink tank includes a cap assembly attached to the ink tank by a preloaded hinge that defines a rotational axis of the cap assembly when the cap assembly is opened and closed. The preloaded hinge biases the cap assembly to an opened position when the cap assembly is unlatched. The cap assembly includes a cap housing, a bung retained within the cap housing, a spring disposed between the cap housing and the bung, a latch to hold the cap assembly in a closed position, where in the closed position the spring applies a force to provide a seal between the bung and the ink tank. The cap assembly also includes an effector that is operative when the cap assembly is unlatched, to sequence a closing of an internal valve of the ink tank and a breaking of the seal between the bung and the ink tank thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: John J Cantrell, Keith Jariabka, Theodore J Conley, William S Osborne
  • Patent number: 11260665
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a gear comprising a gear hub; a swing-arm rotationally engaged with the gear hub; and a spring circumferentially engaged with the gear hub and the swing-arm to apply a radial clamping force between the swing-arm and the gear hub. Torque is frictionally coupled from the gear hub to the swing-arm to lock a capped print head assembly (PHA) in a non-printing location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Keith Jariabka, Jafar N Jefferson, William Fournier
  • Patent number: 11220111
    Abstract: An example ink tank includes a cap with a preloaded hinge that biases the cap to a fully opened position when the cap is unlatched. The cap in the fully opened position interferes with and prevents the closure of a door that provides access to the ink tank. The door includes a sensor that locks out the print function when the door is open, effecting a printer lockout when the cap of the ink tank is opened for filling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: John J. Cantrell, Keith Jariabka, Theodore J. Conley, William S. Osborne
  • Patent number: 11174900
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure an apparatus for attaching to a shaft using a wedge is described. The apparatus includes a disc having a longitudinal axis. At least a portion of the disc is insertable into a shaft and is expandable against an inside diameter of the shaft. The disc has a recess at the longitudinal axis. A wedge to be inserted into the recess pushes the portion of the disc that is insertable into the shaft against an inside diameter of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alvin Marion Post, Suresh Krishnamurthy, Keith Jariabka
  • Publication number: 20210291536
    Abstract: An example ink tank includes a cap with a preloaded hinge that biases the cap to a fully opened position when the cap is unlatched. The cap in the fully opened position interferes with and prevents the closure of a door that provides access to the ink tank. The door includes a sensor that locks out the print function when the door is open, effecting a printer lockout when the cap of the ink tank is opened for filling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: John J. Cantrell, Keith Jariabka, Theodore J. Conley, William S. Osborne
  • Patent number: 11046102
    Abstract: An example ink tank includes an ink tank and a cap assembly attached to the ink tank with a preloaded hinge. The hinge rotates the cap assembly from a closed position to an open position when the cap assembly is unlatched. The cap assembly includes a bung to seal the ink tank during a partial rotation of the cap assembly when the cap assembly is unlatched. The ink tank also includes spring-loaded linkage connected to a valve in the ink tank. An effector extending from the cap assembly engages the spring-loaded linkage when the cap assembly is latched and disengages from the spring-loaded linkage after the cap assembly is unlatched. The spring-loaded linkage opens the valve when engaged with the effector, and closes the valve when disengaged from the effector, while the bung maintains a tank seal until the internal valve is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: John J. Cantrell, Keith Jariabka, Theodore J. Conley, William S. Osbome
  • Patent number: 11046097
    Abstract: A media retraction system includes a loadstop shaft rotatable about an axis thereof, and a loadstop paddle rotatably coupled with and slidably mounted on the loadstop shaft such that the loadstop paddle is slidable about the axis of the loadstop shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Keith Jariabka, Kyle Loucks, Mark Groenenboom
  • Publication number: 20210170750
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a gear comprising a gear hub; a swing-arm rotationally engaged with the gear hub; and a spring circumferentially engaged with the gear hub and the swing-arm to apply a radial clamping force between the swing-arm and the gear hub. Torque is frictionally coupled from the gear hub to the swing-arm to lock a capped print head assembly (PHA) in a non-printing location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Keith Jariabka, Jafar N Jefferson, William Fournier
  • Publication number: 20210070050
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a cap to seal a printhead in a printhead assembly, where the cap includes a priming port and a venting port. A vent connected to the venting port is sealed by a cam controlled vent-arm while a vacuum pump connected to the priming port applies a vacuum to prime the printhead. The vent is unsealed by the cam controlled vent-arm and the vacuum pump clears ink from the priming cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Keith Jariabka, Berne Strom
  • Patent number: 10882706
    Abstract: In one example, a photo cassette for a mobile printer includes a support surface to support a stack of photo media sheets, a cover to at least partially cover the stack of photo media sheets, and a window formed in the cover to receive a pinch mechanism of the mobile printer through the window to provide a normal force to the stack of photo media sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Keith Jariabka, Juan D Ramos
  • Patent number: 10870292
    Abstract: In an implementation, an example method of indexing a media feed shaft in a media feed device includes rotating a media feed shaft and transmitting the rotation to an output gear that is remote from the media feed shaft. The method also includes sensing a feature of the rotating output gear and indexing the media feed shaft to the feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Keith Jariabka, Michael Ewe
  • Publication number: 20200338898
    Abstract: An ink tank includes a cap assembly attached to the ink tank by a preloaded hinge that defines a rotational axis of the cap assembly when the cap assembly is opened and closed. The preloaded hinge biases the cap assembly to an opened position when the cap assembly is unlatched. The cap assembly includes a cap housing, a bung retained within the cap housing, a spring disposed between the cap housing and the bung, a latch to hold the cap assembly in a closed position, where in the closed position the spring applies a force to provide a seal between the bung and the ink tank. The cap assembly also includes an effector that is operative when the cap assembly is unlatched, to sequence a closing of an internal valve of the ink tank and a breaking of the seal between the bung and the ink tank thereafter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: John J Cantrell, Keith Jariabka, Theodore J Conley, William S Osborne
  • Publication number: 20200238742
    Abstract: An example ink tank includes an ink tank and a cap assembly attached to the ink tank with a preloaded hinge. The hinge rotates the cap assembly from a closed position to an open position when the cap assembly is unlatched. The cap assembly includes a bung to seal the ink tank during a partial rotation of the cap assembly when the cap assembly is unlatched. The ink tank also includes spring-loaded linkage connected to a valve in the ink tank. An effector extending from the cap assembly engages the spring-loaded linkage when the cap assembly is latched and disengages from the spring-loaded linkage after the cap assembly is unlatched. The spring-loaded linkage opens the valve when engaged with the effector, and closes the valve when disengaged from the effector, while the bung maintains a tank seal until the internal valve is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: John J. Cantrell, Keith Jariabka, Theodore J. Conley, William S. Osbome
  • Patent number: 10543700
    Abstract: An example system includes a pressure plate actuating portion. The pressure plate actuating portion includes a cam gear coupled to a cam arm and a pressure plate arranged to be driven by the cam arm as the cam arm rotates with the cam gear through a pick-up cycle, the pressure plate being biased in a first direction toward the cam arm with a pressure plate spring. The example system also includes a pressure plate release control portion, the pressure plate release control portion being arranged to transfer potential energy from the pressure plate spring in a gradual manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Keith Jariabka, Kyle Loucks, Mark Groenenboom
  • Patent number: 10526151
    Abstract: In one example, a printing device is described. The printing device may include a transport roller to move a print medium through the printing device, a sensor to detect a trailing edge of the print medium, a processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions. In one example, the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to move the print medium toward an output of the printing device via the transport roller after a printing to the print medium, detect the trailing edge of the print medium via the sensor during a movement of the print medium via the transport roller, and hold the print medium in a position in contact with the transport roller, in response to a detection of the trailing edge of the print medium via the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Keith Jariabka