Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and associated method of tracking recycling information
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置及跟踪回收信息的相关方法
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Application No.: US11227488Application Date: 2005-09-16
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Publication No.: US07792439B2Publication Date: 2010-09-07
- Inventor: Hideo Kikuchi
- Applicant: Hideo Kikuchi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2004-272171 20040917
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image formation unit detached to an image forming apparatus integrally mounts at least one replacement member, and a nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory stores recycle information related to the replacement member to be used when the image formation unit is recycled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060062583A1 Image formation unit, image forming apparatus, and method of recycling image formation unit Public/Granted day:2006-03-23
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