Patents by Inventor David Dale Bascome, Jr.

David Dale Bascome, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method for destroying an encoder wheel
    Patent number: 9182717
    Abstract: Image recording devices, such as electrophotographic devices, laser printers, copiers, and fax machines, often have a cartridge that utilizes an encoder wheel assembly in addition to or instead of a chip for determining toner load. It may be desirable to alter the encoder wheel or part of the cartridge, either by the printer or the cartridge, to permit a deliberate end of life function situation that requires the replacement of the cartridge, encoder wheel, or encoder wheel assembly components. This thereby controls the remanufacture or replacement of the toner cartridge in a way that is desirable to the manufacturer and prevents unauthorized refilling of the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Static Control Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Nichols, David Dale Bascome, Jr., David G. Thompson, Donald R. Huck
  • Apparatus and Method for Destroying an Encoder Wheel
    Publication number: 20130302043
    Abstract: Image recording devices, such as electrophotographic devices, laser printers, copiers, and fax machines, often have a cartridge that utilizes an encoder wheel assembly in addition to or instead of a chip for determining toner load. It may be desirable to alter the encoder wheel or part of the cartridge, either by the printer or the cartridge, to permit a deliberate end of life function situation that requires the replacement of the cartridge, encoder wheel, or encoder wheel assembly components. This thereby controls the remanufacture or replacement of the toner cartridge in a way that is desirable to the manufacturer and prevents unauthorized refilling of the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: STATIC CONTROL COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Nichols, David Dale Bascome, Jr., David G. Thompson, Donald R. Huck