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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2023
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Ryoichiro Kanno, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16535 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spool that is rotatably journaled and has a long member wound around the spool, includes: a marker with which a side face of the spool is provided, the side face being orthogonal to a rotation axis of the spool, wherein the marker includes an information-detection bit marker indicating information regarding the long member.