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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2020
Applicants:
James R. Pryde, Shropshire, GB;
Mark Smith, Shropshire, GB;
Robert Hargreaves, Shropshire, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17523 (2013.01); G03G 15/0877 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device () for controlling user access to at least one container () for dispensing printing material housed by a printing apparatus (), the device () comprising an openable and closable barrier () corresponding to the container () and a lock for locking the barrier () in a closed position. The lock is overlapped by at least a portion of the barrier () both when the barrier () is in the closed position and when the barrier () is in an open position.