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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:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kohki Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuo Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeharu Uda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ; G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399111 ; 399114 ; 399262 ;
Abstract
A supply cartridge contains at least two types of consumable material which are exhausted substantially at the same time over a course of ordinary image reproduction, and the supply cartridge lacks any substantial replacement part so that the supply cartridge replacement wastes no residual life of replacement hardware parts.