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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. 21, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1998
Thomas E. Watrobski, Penfield, NY (US);
Juan J. Becerra, Webster, NY (US);
Christopher R. Morton, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An ink jet printer including an ink jet printhead and a printhead temperature sensing device including a fusible link circuit with a preview feature and a method for programming or calibrating therefore. The ink jet printhead includes a fusible link circuit including a fusible link, with a threshold above which the fusible link will be forced to an open condition with the application of a threshold condition applied thereto and a circuit, coupled to the fusible link, including an input and an output, generating an output signal on the output in response to a signal being applied to the input, wherein the output signal provides an output state which simulates the open condition of the fusible link as a preview feature. The fusible link circuit includes the preview feature so that the output of the temperature sensing device which must be calibrated, programmed, or have its output set to a predetermined value, can be simulated or previewed to determine whether the correct output has been achieved.