Patent · US Expired

Equipment unit with imperceptible information recorded thereon being used with an image forming device and an image forming device comprising the same

US7010236B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims
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Filing dateApr 7, 2003
Grant dateMar 7, 2006
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Expiry dateApr 7, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00109
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An equipment unit such as a toner cartridge detachably equipped to an image forming device has a product information related to the equipment unit recorded on the outer surface thereof using an organic pigment having infrared reflectiveness that cannot be observed normally with the naked eye.

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