Indicator assembly for media processing devices

US12420976B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Zebra Technologies Corporation · US

Inventors

• Morgan Hassan Malone · Swansea, US
• Edward Anthony Hackett · Kingston upon Thames, GB
• Raymond E. Maynard · Westerly, US
• Michael F. St. Germain · West Warwick, US
• Michael C. Wondolowski · Carpinteria, US
• Daniel V. Carroll · Port Barrington, US
• Ozgur Ozserin · London, GB
• James Roger Morley-Smith · Paragon Road, GB
• Hannah Marie Legg · Erith, GB
• Roger Edward Guinee · Arlington Heights, US
• Ellen Thomas · London, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 16, 2023
• Grant date: Sep 23, 2025
• Expiry date: Oct 16, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01H2233/036
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A printer includes: a body defining a media enclosure configured to receive a media supply; an indicator assembly supported by an outer wall of the body, the indicator assembly including a plurality of substantially contiguous illumination surfaces illuminated by respective ones of a set of lights supported within the body; a controller supported by the body, the controller configured to: (i) obtain an operational status of the printer, (ii) retrieve, from a mapping repository, a set of notification control parameters corresponding to the operational status, and (iii) control the set of lights according to the notification control parameters.