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Collapsible packaging system

US7758173B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

Michele Kayla Mae Durham · Tualatin, US
Robert C. Tidrick · Portland, US
Heinz Erwin Grellmann · Beaverton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 23, 2005
Grant date	Jul 20, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 25, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G2215/0682
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A printing machine including a material supply module adapted to expel a marking material contained in a collapsible package having an information-bearing tag. The material supply module includes a reader for obtaining information from the information-bearing tag, a package opening actuator configured to cause the collapsible package to open, and at least one hopper for receiving the marking material. The printing machine also includes a marking device module configured to receive the marking material from the at least one hopper. Other aspects are a method of supplying marking material and a method of verifying the contents of a marking material package.

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