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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
May. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven Alan Curry, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Benjamin Keith Newman, Lexington, KY (US);
Earl Dawson Ward, II, Richmond, KY (US);
Phillip Byron Wright, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/508 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/508 ;
Abstract
An encoded device for a toner cartridge provides a plate having preprogrammed indicia positioned at locations defined in relation to a clock face. The preprogrammed indicia includes a start indicia positioned at about a 6:00 o'clock position and at least one measurement indicia located between about 200 degrees and about 230 degrees from the 6:00 o'clock position.