Patent ID: 11868083
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  F | IPC F  G

Claim 11:
12. A method of extending the shelf life of a printing component, the method comprising:
placing the printing component inside an impermeable container comprising an impermeable container wall;
disposing a gas vessel comprising pressurized vessel gas inside the container, wherein the gas vessel comprises a gas vessel releasing system;
releasing a certain quantity of the vessel gas into an inner volume of the container and outside the gas vessel through the gas vessel releasing system;
measuring, by a container sensor, a parameter of a gas in the inner volume of the container;
determining whether the measured parameter meets a predetermined parameter threshold; and
releasing the certain quantity of the vessel gas to the inner volume of the container based on whether the measured parameter met the predetermined parameter threshold.