公开(公告)号：US06213600B1

公开(公告)日：2001-04-10

申请号：US09496701

申请日：2000-02-02

申请人： Kenji Kobayashi ,  Kazutami Noguchi ,  Kenzo Ito ,  Masayuki Ikeda ,  Kenji Igarashi

发明人： Kenji Kobayashi ,  Kazutami Noguchi ,  Kenzo Ito ,  Masayuki Ikeda ,  Kenji Igarashi

IPC分类号： B41J217

CPC分类号： B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2/17503 ,  B41J2/17506 ,  B41J2/17546 ,  B41J2/1755

摘要： Three ink storage chambers stored into a main body case of an ink cartridge is isolated from four surfaces of this main case body by way of a partition and depressing partition portions projected from this portion. Also, these ink storage chambers are isolated from a bottom portion of the main body case by a stepped portion of a lower cylindrical portion, and is arranged by forming space between a lid and the own ink chambers. Only refilling hole portions of an upper cylindrical portion are communicated with an external portion via holes of the lid. A label on which a trademark “ABC” is printed is attached onto the upper portions of the three refilling hole portions. A label reading apparatus is provided on the side of an ink-jet printer, and a printing operation by any ink cartridge other than the genuine-labeled in cartridge is not carried out. As a genuine ink refilling member, at least ink bottles and a label are employed as a set of such a genuine ink refilling member. The ink cannot be refilled via a hole formed in any portion of an ink cartridge, except for the refilling hole portion.

摘要翻译： 存储在墨盒的主体壳体中的三个墨水储存室通过从该部分突出的分隔和分隔部分与该主壳体的四个表面隔离。 此外，这些墨水储存室通过下部圆筒部分的台阶部分与主体壳体的底部隔离，并且通过在盖和自己的墨水室之间形成空间而布置。 只有上圆柱形部分的再填充孔与盖的孔的外部部分连通。 将印有商标“ABC”的标签安装在三个再填充孔部分的上部。 标签读取装置设置在喷墨打印机的侧面，并且不执行除了正品标记在盒中的任何墨盒的打印操作。 作为真正的油墨补充构件，至少使用油墨瓶和标签作为一组这种真正的油墨补充构件。 油墨不能通过形成在墨盒的任何部分中的孔重新填充，除了再填充孔部分。

公开(公告)号：US06324350B1

公开(公告)日：2001-11-27

申请号：US09459869

申请日：1999-12-13

申请人： Kenzo Ito ,  Kazutami Noguchi ,  Kenji Kobayashi ,  Masayuki Ikeda ,  Kenji Igarashi

发明人： Kenzo Ito ,  Kazutami Noguchi ,  Kenji Kobayashi ,  Masayuki Ikeda ,  Kenji Igarashi

IPC分类号： G03G1500

CPC分类号： G03G21/1896 ,  G03G15/0896

摘要： An identification label is affixed on a top surface of an image forming unit which is detachably installed in a main component of an image forming apparatus. The identification label is made of a thermosensitive paper on which a trademark logo is printed. A logo reader in the main component reads a pattern of the logo mark on the identification label. A control unit compares the read logo pattern with a previously stored pattern to discriminate whether the read logo mark is genuine or not. If the identification label has the genuine logo mark, the control unit executes printing. If the identification label has an irregular logo mark, printing is abandoned and an error message is displayed. When a genuine image forming unit is exhausted, the control unit controls a heating device to apply heat to the identification label in order to wholly or partially discolor the identification label so that the logo mark is transformed to unreadable one. That unit will be regarded as an irregular one thereafter. For authorized activity for reusing such treated unit, a newly prepared genuine label is affixed to the once exhausted image forming unit after refilling toner or replacing a photoconductor drum is done.

摘要翻译： 识别标签固定在可拆卸地安装在图像形成装置的主要部件中的图像形成单元的顶表面上。 识别标签由印有商标标识的热敏纸制成。 主要组件中的标志读取器在识别标签上读取标志标记的图案。 控制单元将读取的标志图案与先前存储的图案进行比较，以区分读取的标志是否为真。 如果识别标签具有真正的标识，则控制单元执行打印。 如果识别标签具有不规则的标志，打印将被放弃，并显示错误信息。 当真正的图像形成单元被耗尽时，控制单元控制加热装置对识别标签施加热量，以便全部或部分地使识别标签变色，使得标志被转换为不可读的标记。 该单位此后将被视为不正常的单位。 对于重新使用这种处理单元的授权活动，在重新填充调色剂或更换感光鼓之后，将新准备的正品标签贴在一次耗尽的图像形成单元上。