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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2009
Applicants:
Thomas Allen Bailey, Lexington, KY (US);
Robert White Milgate, Iii, Lexington, KY (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Allen Bailey, Lexington, KY (US);
Robert White Milgate, III, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 23/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention describes a method and latching assembly for securing a replaceable unit in a carriage assembly of an image forming device. The latching assembly receives the replaceable unit in the carriage assembly. As the replaceable unit gets loaded in the carriage assembly, the latching assembly may automatically apply, using a power source in the image forming device, a force on the replaceable unit in a direction towards the carriage assembly until the replaceable unit is latched therein.