Counter arrangement for determining the life of consumables in office equipment

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PATENT NO 4974238
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07295327

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Equipment using consumables that require replacement after a predetermined number of uses includes counter arrangements for keeping track of the number of uses of each consumable. Even though some of the consumables may replace the same item, the usage count is maintained for each individual consumable. For the consumables, automatic identification of replaced items is provided whereby the counter arrangement is enabled to accumulate usage counts on the correct consumables.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION A CORP OF NYARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kobayashi, Shigetaka Isehara, JP 7 55
Shibata, Yuuichi Yamato, JP 2 29
Tanaka, Shuuhei Fujisawa, JP 1 23

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