EP 3942370 B1 20240424 - TONER CONTAINER HAVING AN ENCODED MEMBER AND AN ALIGNMENT GUIDE FOR LOCATING A SENSOR RELATIVE TO THE ENCODED MEMBER
Title (en)
TONER CONTAINER HAVING AN ENCODED MEMBER AND AN ALIGNMENT GUIDE FOR LOCATING A SENSOR RELATIVE TO THE ENCODED MEMBER
Title (de)
TONERBEHÄLTER MIT EINEM CODIERTEN ELEMENT UND EINER AUSRICHTUNGSFÜHRUNG ZUM LOKALISIEREN EINES SENSORS IN RELATION ZUM CODIERTEN ELEMENT
Title (fr)
RÉCIPIENT DE TONER DOTÉ D'UN ÉLÉMENT CODÉ ET D'UN GUIDE D'ALIGNEMENT POUR LOCALISER UN CAPTEUR PAR RAPPORT À L'ÉLÉMENT CODÉ
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 2020023094 W 20200317
- US 201962822088 P 20190322
Abstract (en)
[origin: CN113574470A] A toner container includes an encoded member that is encoded with identifying information of the toner container and that is operatively connected to an input gear of the toner container such that rotation of the input gear causes movement of the encoded member for communicating the identifying information to a sensor. A first alignment guide on the first side of the toner container includes a top surface that is unobstructed to contact a sensor housing from below when the toner container is installed in an image forming device. At least a portion of the top surface of the first alignment guide inclines upward and rearward for contacting and lifting the sensor housing upward during insertion of the toner container into the image forming device for aligning the sensor with an exposed portion of the encoded member.
IPC 8 full level
G03G 21/18 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G06K 19/04 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06K 19/10 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G03G 15/0863 (2013.01); G03G 21/1676 (2013.01); G03G 21/1892 (2013.01); G03G 21/1896 (2013.01); G03G 21/1853 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
CN 113574470 A 20211029; CN 113574470 B 20240209; EP 3942370 A1 20220126; EP 3942370 A4 20221214; EP 3942370 B1 20240424
DOCDB simple family (application)
CN 202080020729 A 20200317; EP 20778396 A 20200317