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1.发明授权Method for determining characteristics of an electrophotographic cartridge carrying a rotatable element 失效用于确定携带可旋转元件的电子照相盒的特性的方法
公开(公告)号：US6009285A
公开(公告)日：1999-12-28
申请号：US975389
申请日：1997-11-20
申请人： Raymond Jay Barry , Steven Alan Curry , Christopher Dane Jones , Benjamin Keith Newman , Gregory Lawrence Ream , Earl Dawson Ward, II , Phillip Byron Wright
发明人： Raymond Jay Barry , Steven Alan Curry , Christopher Dane Jones , Benjamin Keith Newman , Gregory Lawrence Ream , Earl Dawson Ward, II , Phillip Byron Wright
CPC分类号： G03G21/1896 , G03G15/0822 , G03G15/0856 , G03G15/0858 , G03G15/0889 , G03G15/0896 , G03G2221/1838
摘要： Method is disclosed for determining characteristics of a toner cartridge. One aspect is directed to determining the characteristics associated with a quantity of toner in the cartridge, and thus, the method includes the steps directed to determining a home position of an encoded device relative to a code reader, determining a delay in rotational movement of the encoded device with respect to a rotational movement of a drive mechanism as an agitator moves through the toner, and translating the delay into an amount of toner remaining in the cartridge. Another aspect is directed to determining preselected cartridge characteristics from the encoded device, and thus, the method includes steps directed to rotating the encoded device, reading a coding of the encoded device, and decoding the coding to determine the preselected cartridge characteristic information represented by the coding. The method steps directed to these aspects of the method may be performed separately or in aggregate.
摘要翻译： 公开了用于确定调色剂盒的特性的方法。 一个方面涉及确定与盒中的一定量的调色剂相关联的特性，因此，该方法包括以下步骤：确定编码装置相对于代码阅读器的原始位置，确定编码装置相对于代码阅读器的旋转运动的延迟 编码装置相对于作为搅拌器的驱动机构的旋转运动而移动通过调色剂，并将延迟转换成残留在盒中的调色剂量。 另一方面涉及从编码的设备确定预先选择的盒式磁带特性，因此，该方法包括以下步骤：旋转编码设备，读取编码设备的编码，以及对编码进行解码，以确定由 编码。 针对方法的这些方面的方法步骤可以单独地或聚合地执行。
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公开(公告)号：US5995772A
公开(公告)日：1999-11-30
申请号：US768257
申请日：1996-12-17
申请人： Raymond Jay Barry , Steven Alan Curry , Benjamin Keith Newman , Gregory Lawrence Ream , Earl Dawson Ward, II , Phillip Byron Wright
发明人： Raymond Jay Barry , Steven Alan Curry , Benjamin Keith Newman , Gregory Lawrence Ream , Earl Dawson Ward, II , Phillip Byron Wright
CPC分类号： G03G15/0822 , G03G15/0856 , G03G15/0889 , G03G15/0896 , G03G21/1896 , G03G2221/1838
摘要： A cartridge for an electrophotographic machine having a sump for carrying an agitator rotatably mounted in the sump for engagement with a toner; an encoded device coupled to a first end of the agitator; and a torque sensitive coupling connected to a second end of the agitator which is connectable to a drive mechanism of the machine. The encoded device includes coding representing cartridge characteristic information.
摘要翻译： 的盒具有用于携带可旋转地安装在贮槽用于与调色剂接合搅拌器的贮槽的电子照相机; 耦合到所述搅拌器的第一端的编码装置; 以及转矩敏感耦合连接到所述搅拌器的第二端部可连接到所述机器的驱动机构。 编码设备包括表示盒特性信息的编码。
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公开(公告)号：US06169860A
公开(公告)日：2001-01-02
申请号：US09415620
申请日：1999-10-12
IPC分类号： G03G1508
CPC分类号： G03G21/1896 , G03G15/0822 , G03G15/0856 , G03G15/0858 , G03G15/0889 , G03G15/0896 , G03G2221/1838
摘要： One aspect of the invention is directed to a toner cartridge including a sump for carrying a supply of toner. An agitator is rotatably mounted in the sump, and the agitator has a first end and a second end. An encoded wheel is coupled to the first end of the agitator. The encoded wheel is structured and adapted to include a first preselected cartridge characteristic indicia having a first extent, a stop indicia having a second extent larger than the first extent and a start indicia having a third extent larger than the second extent. Each indicia may be in the form of a slot. Preferably, the start indicia is positioned between about a 5:00 o'clock position and a 6:00 o'clock position. The stop indicia is positioned at about a 9:00 o'clock position. At least one preselected cartridge characteristic indicia is positioned between the start indicia and the stop indicia. At least one measurement indicia is located between about 200 degrees and about 230 degrees in a clockwise direction from the 6:00 o'clock position.
摘要翻译： 本发明的一个方面涉及一种包括用于承载调色剂供应的贮槽的调色剂盒。 搅拌器可旋转地安装在贮槽中，搅拌器具有第一端和第二端。 编码轮连接到搅拌器的第一端。 编码轮被构造并适于包括具有第一范围的第一预选择的盒特征标记，具有大于第一范围的第二范围的停止标记和具有大于第二范围的第三范围的起始标记。 每个标记可以是槽的形式。 优选地，开始标记位于约5点钟位置和6点钟位置之间。 停止标记位于约9点钟位置。 至少一个预选的墨盒特征标记位于起始标记和停止标记之间。 至少一个测量标记从6点钟位置沿顺时针方向位于约200度和约230度之间。
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4.发明授权公开(公告)号：US06397015B2
公开(公告)日：2002-05-28
申请号：US09871226
申请日：2001-05-31
IPC分类号： G03G1508
CPC分类号： G03G21/1896 , G03G15/0822 , G03G15/0856 , G03G15/0858 , G03G15/0889 , G03G15/0896 , G03G2221/1838
摘要： An encoded device for a toner cartridge provides a plate having preprogrammed indicia positioned at locations defined in relation to a clock face. The preprogrammed indicia includes a start indicia positioned at about a 6:00 o'clock position and at least one measurement indicia located between about 200 degrees and about 230 degrees from the 6:00 o'clock position.
摘要翻译： 用于调色剂盒的编码装置提供了一个板，其具有位于相对于钟表面限定的位置处的预编程标记。 预编程标记包括位于大约6点钟位置处的开始标记和位于距离6点钟位置约200度和约230度之间的至少一个测量标记。
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公开(公告)号：US06295422B1
公开(公告)日：2001-09-25
申请号：US09557096
申请日：2000-04-21
IPC分类号： G03G1508
CPC分类号： G03G21/1896 , G03G15/0822 , G03G15/0856 , G03G15/0858 , G03G15/0889 , G03G15/0896 , G03G2221/1838
摘要： An encoded wheel for a toner cartridge including a plate having preprogrammed indicia positioned at locations defined in relation to a clock face, the preprogrammed indicia including a start indicia positioned between about a 5:00 o'clock position and a 6:00 o'clock position, a stop indicia positioned at about a 9:00 o'clock position, at least one preselected cartridge characteristic indicia positioned between the start indicia and the stop indicia, and at least one measurement indicia located between about 200 degrees and about 230 degrees from said 6:00 o'clock position.
摘要翻译： 一种用于调色剂盒的编码轮，包括具有相对于钟表面定义的位置处的预编程标记的板，所述预编程标记包括位于约5点钟位置和6点钟之间的开始标记 位置，位于大约9点钟位置的停止标记，位于开始标记和停止标记之间的至少一个预选择的盒特征标记，以及至少一个位于约200度至约230度之间的测量标记 说了6点钟的位置。
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公开(公告)号：US5802420A
公开(公告)日：1998-09-01
申请号：US854606
申请日：1997-05-12
申请人： Charles Michael Garr , Nathan Karl Klemperer , Patricia Ann Valenti , Earl Dawson Ward, II , James Francis Webb , Phillip Byron Wright
发明人： Charles Michael Garr , Nathan Karl Klemperer , Patricia Ann Valenti , Earl Dawson Ward, II , James Francis Webb , Phillip Byron Wright
CPC分类号： G03G15/556 , B41J2/17566 , G03G15/0856 , G03G15/5079 , B41J2002/17589 , G03G15/553
摘要： An improved printer is provided that predicts how many pages can be printed before the toner or ink cartridge becomes empty, and also predicts how much time remains before this toner or ink cartridge becomes empty. This prediction is based upon the previous printing history of the printer while using this particular toner cartridge. After measuring the quantity of toner left in the toner cartridge, the printer of the present invention will display the approximate quantity of toner remaining in the cartridge on a screen of a host computer that is connected to the printer, either directly or through a network. The monitor screen of the host computer can also display the predicted number of pages remaining, based on the printer's previous usage history as described above. The toner measuring device provides a "level change" output signal when the remaining toner passes through a predetermined gradation threshold, and depending upon the size of the toner cartridge and upon the time and date at which the level change was detected, the predicted number of pages remaining and the actual amount of toner remaining are more accurately updated upon reaching one of these predetermined gradation thresholds. As each gradation level transition occurs, the printer calculates a new value for the "pages per gradation" variable, and also calculates the number of pages that have been printed since the latest cartridge was installed in the printer, the number of pages printed since the last level or gradation change, and the number of pages or sheets printed between the last two level changes. The printer also can approximate the amount of toner used in printing a particular page of print media to create a Toner Tally for each printed page, which can be used to judge the amount of toner used for one print job and compare that to the amount of toner used for a second print job. The Toner Tally uses a combination hardware/software counter to count the number of "active" pels of each page for a print job.
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公开(公告)号：US5995774A
公开(公告)日：1999-11-30
申请号：US152241
申请日：1998-09-11
申请人： Steven Lewis Applegate , Cyrus Bradford Clarke , Timothy Philip Craig , David Lee Merrifield , James John Molloy , Benjamin Keith Newman , Gary Scott Overall , Gregrory Lawrence Ream , Thomas Gregrory Survant , Thomas Campbell Wade , Phillip Byron Wright
发明人： Steven Lewis Applegate , Cyrus Bradford Clarke , Timothy Philip Craig , David Lee Merrifield , James John Molloy , Benjamin Keith Newman , Gary Scott Overall , Gregrory Lawrence Ream , Thomas Gregrory Survant , Thomas Campbell Wade , Phillip Byron Wright
CPC分类号： G03G21/1889 , G03G2221/1663
摘要： An improved electrophotographic (EP) printer is provided having a detachable process cartridge that contains a non-volatile memory device, which is an EPROM that cannot be erased after a bit is burned. A "toner wheel" mounted to the exterior of the toner reservoir of the process cartridge provides, in conjunction with an optoelectronic sensor, an electrical signal that the printer receives and uses to determine toner usage. A toner "gas-gauge" is created which uses "bucket levels" as discrete steps to indicate how much of the measured physical toner material actually remains within the toner reservoir. After a given amount of toner material has been dispensed through the developer unit, one of the bits of the EPROM memory device is irreversibly burned, thereby providing a permanent record on the process cartridge of a certain amount of toner usage. As with a normal automobile gas gauge, the toner gas-gauge reading should never increase unless the amount of toner material inside the toner reservoir has increased. Once the bucket level transitions begin to occur for the toner gas-gauge, the printer becomes aware that a majority of the toner material has been expended from inside the toner reservoir. If the number of bucket gradation levels then increases by more than the hysteresis amount, then the printer will "lock out" the operation of a non-reusable process cartridge. When the lock-out mode occurs, a particular bit is burned on the EPROM mounted to the cleaner housing of the process cartridge. This ensures that this particular process cartridge cannot be removed, then simply placed back into the same (or a different) printer, and then begin supplying toner to a printer. Certain important "machine data" also can be stored in the EPROM memory device on the process cartridge of the present invention. The present invention is also able to declare the "end-of-life" of a process cartridge when the gas-gauge toner sensor is not functional (such as when it has been tampered with).
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公开(公告)号：US5807005A
公开(公告)日：1998-09-15
申请号：US854608
申请日：1997-05-12
申请人： Phillip Byron Wright
发明人： Phillip Byron Wright
CPC分类号： G03G21/1896 , B41J35/36 , G03G2221/1823
摘要： A cartridge lockout system and method for an image forming apparatus, which includes a cartridge and a wheel rotatably mounted on the cartridge. The wheel has a plurality of digital indicators, each digital indicator being in a first condition or a second condition. A sensor is secured to the image forming apparatus adjacent the digital indicators for sensing the digital indicators and the first and second conditions of the digital indicators and producing a sensor signal during rotation of the wheel. Further included is an engine that has a machine class code and a cartridge support registry data table stored therein. The engine is in electrical communication with the sensor, receives the sensor signal, generates a cartridge class code based on the sensor signal, compares the cartridge class code to the machine class code, and disables operation of the engine if the cartridge class code does not match the machine class code in the cartridge support registry data table.
摘要翻译： 一种用于图像形成装置的盒锁定系统和方法，其包括盒和可旋转地安装在盒上的轮。 车轮具有多个数字指示器，每个数字指示器处于第一状态或第二状态。 传感器固定到与数字指示器相邻的图像形成设备，用于感测数字指示器以及数字指示器的第一和第二状态，并且在车轮旋转期间产生传感器信号。 还包括具有存储在其中的机器类代码和盒支持注册表数据表的引擎。 发动机与传感器电气通信，接收传感器信号，基于传感器信号生成墨盒类别代码，将墨盒类别代码与机器类代码进行比较，如果墨盒类别代码不存在，则禁用发动机的操作 匹配墨盒支持注册表数据表中的机器类代码。
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公开(公告)号：US5729270A
公开(公告)日：1998-03-17
申请号：US280957
申请日：1994-07-27
申请人： Phillip Byron Wright , Dale Randal Danner , Martin Victor DiGirolamo , Gary Scott Overall , John Parker Richey
发明人： Phillip Byron Wright , Dale Randal Danner , Martin Victor DiGirolamo , Gary Scott Overall , John Parker Richey
IPC分类号： B41J2/44 , G03G15/00 , G03G15/36 , G03G21/00 , G06K15/10 , G06K15/12 , H04N1/409 , B41J2/415 , B41J2/385 , G02B26/08 , H04N1/21
CPC分类号： G06K15/102 , G06K15/128 , G06K2215/0071
摘要： Toner is conserved in printer (1) under operator control by changing the final modulation for each bit in a bit map depending on whether the bit is an edge bit or an internal bit in the character being printed. Since only the final modulation is affected, processing speed and efficiency are not degraded. The operator can select various degrees of internal gray and internal white. Some levels of gray may be satisfactory for some final correspondence.
摘要翻译： 在打印机（1）中，通过根据位是边缘位还是正在打印的字符中的内部位来改变位图中每个位的最终调制，在打印机（1）中保存打印机（1）。 由于只有最终调制受到影响，处理速度和效率不会降低。 操作员可以选择不同程度的内部灰色和内部白色。 一些灰色级别对于一些最终的通信可能是令人满意的。
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公开(公告)号：US6076821A
公开(公告)日：2000-06-20
申请号：US152639
申请日：1998-09-14
CPC分类号： B65H7/18 , B65H3/0684 , B65H3/56 , B65H2301/423245 , B65H2405/1136 , B65H2511/20 , B65H2511/22 , B65H2511/514 , B65H2513/51 , B65H2513/514 , B65H2513/53 , B65H2701/1311
摘要： Each sheet is picked from a stack of sheets with the time of it being picked being determined in accordance with the time of the prior pick. The sum of the times to advance a sheet its length and a desired gap between adjacent sheets is equal to a pick delay time and an expected feed time. If the measured feed time of the prior sheet exceeds a maximum feed time, the pick delay is the same as for the prior sheet. If the measured feed time of the prior sheet does not exceed the maximum feed time and the measured feed time of the prior sheet was less than the expected feed time, the pick delay is greater than the pick delay of the prior sheet. If the measured feed time of the prior sheet does not exceed the maximum feed time and the measured feed time of the prior sheet was not less than the expected feed time, the pick delay is less than the pick delay for the prior sheet.
摘要翻译： 每张纸从一堆纸张中挑选出，根据先前选择的时间确定其被挑选的时间。 推进片材长度和相邻片材之间期望间隙的时间之和等于拾取延迟时间和预期进给时间。 如果现有纸张的测量进给时间超过最大进给时间，则拾取延迟与以前的纸张相同。 如果现有纸张的测量进给时间不超过最大进给时间，并且先前纸张的测量进给时间小于预期进给时间，则拾纸延迟大于先前纸张的拾取延迟。 如果现有纸张的测量进给时间不超过最大进给时间，并且先前纸张的测量进给时间不小于预期进给时间，则拾纸延迟小于先前纸张的拾纸延迟。
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