Cartridge discriminating system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5184181
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07561910

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The present invention relates to a system for making discriminations between cartridges for housing toners to be equipped on image forming apparatus such as electrostatic copiers, laser beam printers, facsimiles, etc. in which while a cartridge indicating means is provided on a part of a toner housing cartridge, an indication detecting means for detecting the aforementioned cartridge indicating means is provided on the image forming apparatus proper side, so that the suitability of the type or position of the cartridge inserted is detected by detecting the cartridge indicating means by the aforementioned detecting means, when the cartridge has been inserted into the cartridge inserting part of the image forming apparatus proper.

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MITA INDUSTRIAL CO LTDOSAKA-SHI OSAKA-FU 540

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ido, Mikio Osaka, JP 4 205
Imafuku, Tatsuo Kagoshima, JP 16 201
Komata, Hiroshi Hyogo, JP 5 185
Kurando, Shigeo Osaka, JP 18 335
Makiura, Yoshinori Osaka, JP 17 374
Mifune, Eiji Osaka, JP 15 252
Ooura, Junichi Osaka, JP 2 162
Shigemura, Yutaka Osaka, JP 30 410

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