Patents by Inventor Rafael Ulacia Portoles
Rafael Ulacia Portoles 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: 11472206Abstract: Method and tools for sensing pen-to-reference space (PRS) are disclosed. Example removable pen-to-reference space (PRS) sensing tools for a printer comprise proximity sensors and a body. The body has a printer mounting portion, corresponding to a printhead mounting socket of the printer, and a sensor portion, hosting the proximity sensor.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Rafael Ulacia Portoles, Santiago Forcada Pardo, David Fuertes Roncero
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Patent number: 11453217Abstract: In one example, a printing fluid delivery system for a printer is described. The printing fluid delivery system includes a plurality of interconnected printing fluid supply modules forming a page-wide printing fluid manifold to supply printing fluid from one or more cartridges to one or more printheads along a print bar in a printer.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alfonso Cameno Salinas, Daniel Gonzalez Perello, Jose Antonio Lopez Abances, Rafael Ulacia Portoles
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Patent number: 11413881Abstract: It is hereby disclosed a direct-to-garment printer comprising: a print zone; a loading zone; and a conveyor to receive the garment and to move the garment bi-directionally along a transport direction between the print zone and the loading zone; wherein the printer further comprises a printbar located in the print zone, the printbar extending longitudinally along a width of the print zone and having a plurality of nozzles that span the width of the print zone.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Maria Elizabeth Zapata, Jose Luis Valero Navazo, Rafael Ulacia Portoles
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Publication number: 20220072888Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus to generate heated air to sublimate a sublimating printing substance. The apparatus comprises: a self-regulating heating element; an air retaining device to retain air in the apparatus for heating by the self regulating heating element; and an airflow generating device arranged selectively to urge heated air to leave the retaining device. Also disclosed is a method to sublimate a sublimating printing substance deposited on a printing medium and a system to produce printing content on a printing substrate using a sublimating printing substance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Xavier Oliva Ventayol, Francisco Lopez Moral, Rafael Ulacia Portoles
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Publication number: 20220001676Abstract: It is hereby disclosed a direct-to-garment printer comprising: a print zone; a loading zone; and a conveyor to receive the garment and to move the garment bi-directionally along a transport direction between the print zone and the loading zone; wherein the printer further comprises a printbar located in the print zone, the printbar extending longitudinally along a width of the print zone and having a plurality of nozzles that span the width of the print zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Maria Elizabeth Zapata, Jose Luis Valero Navazo, Rafael Ulacia Portoles
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Patent number: 11014350Abstract: There is disclosed a housing including a plurality of compartments for housing a plurality of LEDs or photo detectors. Each compartment has a number of control pads projecting inwardly and a number of protrusions. The control pads are configured to provide a contact surface for the LEDs or photo detectors to control the alignment and position of each of the plurality of LEDs or photodiodes within each of the plurality of compartments. Each of the protrusions urges each of the plurality of LEDs or photodiodes against the respective control pads to control the alignment of the LEDs or photodiodes in the housing. A detector array including a casing, an LED housing and a photodiode housing is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Francisco Gomez, Rafael Ulacia Portoles, Laura Portela Mata, Jose Miguel Felguera
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Publication number: 20210008902Abstract: Method and tools for sensing pen-to-reference space (PRS) are disclosed. Example removable pen-to-reference space (PRS) sensing tools for a printer comprise proximity sensors and a body. The body has a printer mounting portion, corresponding to a printhead mounting socket of the printer, and a sensor portion, hosting the proximity sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Rafael ULACIA PORTOLES, Santiago FORCADA PARDO, David FUERTES RONCERO
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Publication number: 20200238711Abstract: In one example, a printing fluid delivery system for a printer is described. The printing fluid delivery system includes a plurality of interconnected printing fluid supply modules forming a page-wide printing fluid manifold to supply printing fluid from one or more cartridges to one or more printheads along a print bar in a printer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Alfonso Cameno Salinas, Daniel Gonzalez Perello, Jose Antonio Lopez Abances, Rafael Ulacia Portoles
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Patent number: 10661568Abstract: In one example, a printing fluid delivery system for a printer is described. The printing fluid delivery system includes a plurality of interconnected printing fluid supply modules forming a page-wide printing fluid manifold to supply printing fluid from one or more cartridges to one or more printheads along a print bar in a printer.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alfonso Camino Salinas, Daniel Gonzalez Perello, Jose Antonio Lopez Abances, Rafael Ulacia Portoles
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Publication number: 20190322101Abstract: There is disclosed a housing including a plurality of compartments for housing a plurality of LEDs or photo detectors. Each compartment has a number of control pads projecting inwardly and a number of protrusions. The control pads are configured to provide a contact surface for the LEDs or photo detectors to control the alignment and position of each of the plurality of LEDs or photodiodes within each of the plurality of compartments. Each of the protrusions urges each of the plurality of LEDs or photodiodes against the respective control pads to control the alignment of the LEDs or photodiodes in the housing. A detector array including a casing, an LED housing and a photodiode housing is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Francisco GOMEZ, Rafael ULACIA PORTOLES, Laura PORTELA MATA, Jose Miguel FELGUERA
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Patent number: 10391771Abstract: Provided is a print bar. The print bar comprises a reference element to align the print bar with a mounting structure of a printer. The print bar further comprises a flat elongate sheet metal portion with constant height whose length is larger than its width and whose width is larger than its height. Moreover, the print bar comprises a plurality of plastic members detachably mounted to a mounting surface of the flat elongate sheet metal portion. The plurality of plastic members is spaced apart from each other in the length direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Joaquim Brugue Garvi, Rafael Ulacia Portoles, Daniel Gonzalez Perello, Eduardo Ruiz Martinez, Francesc Roure Pastor
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Patent number: 10384446Abstract: There is disclosed a housing including a plurality of compartments for housing a plurality of LEDs or photo detectors. Each compartment has a number of control pads projecting inwardly and a number of protrusions. The control pads are configured to provide a contact surface for the LEDs or photo detectors to control the alignment and position of each of the plurality of LEDs or photodiodes within each of the plurality of compartments. Each of the protrusions urges each of the plurality of LEDs or photodiodes against the respective control pads to control the alignment of the LEDs or photodiodes in the housing. A detector array including a casing, an LED housing and a photodiode housing is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Francisco Gomez, Rafael Ulacia Portoles, Laura Portela Mata, Jose Miguel Felguera
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Patent number: 10252530Abstract: A spittoon system for a printing mechanism includes a reservoir elongated in a longitudinal direction and having a bottom part. The reservoir receives printing fluid residue spit from a print-head onto a first zone of the reservoir. The spittoon system further includes a cleaning element arranged inside the reservoir to transfer, by sliding along the longitudinal direction of the reservoir, the received printing fluid residue from the first zone to a second zone. The second zone includes a drain outlet to drain the printing fluid residue from the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Oscar Moya Rojo, Rafael Ulacia Portoles, Joaquim Brugue Garvi, Daniel Gonzalez Perello
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Publication number: 20180264817Abstract: Provided is a print bar. The print bar comprises a reference element to align the print bar with a mounting structure of a printer. The print bar further comprises a flat elongate sheet metal portion with constant height whose length is larger than its width and whose width is larger than its height. Moreover, the print bar comprises a plurality of plastic members detachably mounted to a mounting surface of the flat elongate sheet metal portion. The plurality of plastic members is spaced apart from each other in the length direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Joaquim Brugue Garvi, Rafael Ulacia Portoles, Daniel Gonzalez Perello, Eduardo Ruiz Martinez, Francesc Roure Pastor
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Patent number: 10071554Abstract: A modular print engine unit for a media-wide array printer includes multiple printhead modules, each printhead module having printing dies, and each printing die having multiple nozzles. The modular print engine unit is independently operable relative to another modular print engine unit within the media-wide array printer.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Joaquim Brugue Garvi, Daniel Gonzalez Perello, Rafael Ulacia Portoles, Oscar Moya Rojo, Eduardo Ruiz Martinez, Joan Sanjuan, Alfonso Cameno Salinas, Francesc Roure Pastor
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Patent number: 10052880Abstract: In an example, a valve for a printing fluid supply system is disclosed. In this example, the valve includes two rigid shells to provide connections to a first printing fluid supply cartridge, a second printing fluid supply cartridge and a printhead. Further, the valve includes a diaphragm with sealing elements disposed between the two rigid shells to selectively couple one of the first printing fluid supply cartridge and the second printing fluid supply cartridge to the printhead and seal other printing fluid supply cartridge using the sealing elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alfonso Cameno Salinas, Joaquim Brugue Garvi, Jose Antonio Lopez Abancens, Rafael Ulacia Portoles
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Patent number: 10035348Abstract: A spittoon beam system and a printer that includes a spittoon beam system. The system has a spittoon beam spanning and movably mounted to spaced spaced parallel tracks. The spittoon beam is driven along the tracks by a first motor and a second motor coupled to respective ends of the spittoon beam. A first motor driver is coupled to the first motor and a second motor driver coupled the second motor. The system is configured so that the first motor driver controls an output shaft speed of the first motor independently of the second motor driver, and the second motor driver controls an output shaft speed of the second motor independently of the first motor driver.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Oscar Moya Rojo, Rafael Ulacia Portoles, Joaquim Brugue Garvi
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Patent number: 10035350Abstract: The present invention is directed at a printhead cleaning assembly, comprising: a frame; a wipe cartridge receptacle mounted on the frame, the receptacle being movable relative to the frame between a first receptacle position and a second receptacle position; a wipe cartridge fixing latch, mounted on the wipe cartridge receptacle, wherein the latch is movable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the latch is coupled to a lock/unlock mechanism that moves the latch between the closed position and the open position in response to a movement of the receptacle between the first receptacle position and the second receptacle position.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Francisco Gomez, Rafael Ulacia Portoles, Hector Gomez Minano, Alejandro Mielgo Barba, Jose Miguel Felguera
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Publication number: 20180178525Abstract: The present invention is directed at a printhead cleaning assembly, comprising: a frame; a wipe cartridge receptacle mounted on the frame, the receptacle being movable relative to the frame between a first receptacle position and a second receptacle position; a wipe cartridge fixing latch, mounted on the wipe cartridge receptacle, wherein the latch is movable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the latch is coupled to a lock/unlock mechanism that moves the latch between the closed position and the open position in response to a movement of the receptacle between the first receptacle position and the second receptacle position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2018Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Francisco Gomez, Rafael Ulacia Portoles, Hector Gomez Minano, Alejandro Mielgo Barba, Jose Miguel Felguera
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Patent number: 9994023Abstract: The present invention is directed at a printhead cleaning assembly, comprising: a frame; a wipe cartridge receptacle mounted on the frame, the receptacle being movable relative to the frame between a first receptacle position and a second receptacle position; a wipe cartridge fixing latch, mounted on the wipe cartridge receptacle, wherein the latch is movable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the latch is coupled to a lock/unlock mechanism that moves the latch between the closed position and the open position in response to a movement of the receptacle between the first receptacle position and the second receptacle position.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Francisco Gomez, Rafael Ulacia Portoles, Hector Gomez Minano, Alejandro Mielgo Barba, Jose Miguel Felguera