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公开(公告)号:USRE39773E1
公开(公告)日:2007-08-14
申请号:US10829478
申请日:2004-04-21
CPC分类号: H01H36/0046 , G03G15/0855 , G03G15/0863 , G03G15/0865 , H01H36/0026 , H01H36/006
摘要: An apparatus for communicating to a printer a type of installed printer cartridge, where the combination of the cartridge and the printer form a magnetic coupling that can generate a cartridge specific code to identify the toner cartridge as being of a predetermined type. In a preferred embodiment, the magnetic coupling is achieved using at least two reed switches preferably mounted on the printer, with the reed switches biased using fixed magnetic elements placed immediately adjacent the reed switches. In the absence of any further magnetic fields, the reed switches are selected to provide a known set of switch positions corresponding to a bit value of one (“1”) for an open circuit and a bit value of zero (“0”) for a closed circuit. Magnetic elements on a printer cartridge are positioned to be disposed adjacent the reed switches and opposite the fixed magnets, and of a size and field strength sufficient to counteract the fixed magnetic elements adjacent the reed switches when the cartridge is inserted into the printer. The positions of the reed switches on the printer may be transformed into a sequence of bits of “1”s and “0”s. This series of data (ones and zeros) can be used to distinguish one printer cartridge from another and allow automatic optimization of the printer settings based on the cartridge recognition.
摘要翻译: 一种用于与打印机通信的装置,其中盒和打印机的组合形成磁耦合,其可以产生墨盒特定代码以将墨粉盒识别为预定类型。 在优选实施例中,使用优选安装在打印机上的至少两个簧片开关来实现磁耦合,其中簧片开关使用紧邻簧片开关的固定磁性元件偏置。 在没有任何进一步的磁场的情况下,选择簧片开关以提供对应于开路的位数值(“1”)和零位(“0”)的位值的已知集合的开关位置,用于 闭路。 打印机墨盒上的磁性元件被定位成邻近簧片开关并与固定磁体相对设置,并且具有足以在墨盒插入打印机时抵消簧片开关附近的固定磁性元件的尺寸和场强。 打印机上的舌簧开关的位置可以变换成“1”和“0”的位序列。 这一系列数据(1和零)可用于区分一个打印机墨盒和另一个打印机墨盒,并允许基于墨盒识别自动优化打印机设置。