Encoded device having positioned indicia for use with a toner cartridge

US6397015B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lexmark International, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Steven Alan Curry · Nicholasville, US
• Benjamin Keith Newman · Lexington, US
• Earl Dawson Ward, II · Richmond, US
• Phillip Byron Wright · Lexington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 31, 2001
• Grant date: May 28, 2002
• Expiry date: May 31, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03G2221/1838
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

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.