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Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2017
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);

Inventors:

Wayne J Schmidt, Boise, ID (US);

Steve Beutler, Boise, ID (US);

Kent S Takeshita, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17546 (2013.01); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 2/1753 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an example, a system includes a controller to monitor a usage state of a consumable installed in the system and a drive mechanism to lock the consumable in the system under an instruction from the controller. The drive mechanism includes a shaft to drive the consumable and a key integrated in the shaft to lock the consumable to the drive mechanism.


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