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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2003
Applicants:
Kohji Shinkawa, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Hideyuki Nishimura, Katano, JP;
Takafumi Nagai, Higashiosaka, JP;
Takeshi Murata, Sakai, JP;
Keiko Yutani, Ikoma, JP;
Hitoshi Nagahama, Uji, JP;
Inventors:
Kohji Shinkawa, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Hideyuki Nishimura, Katano, JP;
Takafumi Nagai, Higashiosaka, JP;
Takeshi Murata, Sakai, JP;
Keiko Yutani, Ikoma, JP;
Hitoshi Nagahama, Uji, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An equipment unit such as a toner cartridge detachably equipped to an image forming device has a product information related to the equipment unit recorded on the outer surface thereof using an organic pigment having infrared reflectiveness that cannot be observed normally with the naked eye.