Spool adapter
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorRobert F. Mindler
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Abstract
An adapter is provided for use with a supply spool having first and second spool ends the spool having web media thereon. The adapter has a body having first and second body ends with each of the first and second body ends having shaped linkages to join to one of the first and second supply ends and with each body end further shaped to join to a printer receptacle when not joined to a spool end; and a data source. The body shaped to position the data source relative to the first body end so that when the first body end is joined to a first spool end, the data source is positioned to provide the machine readable data so that the machine readable data can be read by a reader in a printer that is adapted to accept a supply spool having web media that is axially located asymmetrically.
Claims19
An adapter for use with supply spool having first and second spool ends, said spool having a web media thereon, said adapter comprising:
- a body having first and second body ends with each of the first and second body ends having shaped linkages to join to one of the first and second supply spool ends and each body end further shaped to join to a printer receptable when not joined to a spool end;
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- a data source;
- said body shaped to position the data source relative to the first body end so that so that when the first body end is joined to a first spool end, the data source is positioned to provide the machine readable data so that the machine readable data can be read by a reader in a printer that is adapted to accept a supply spool having web media that is axially located asymmetrically on the spool.
An adapter for use with a supply spool having first and second spool ends with media wound about said supply spool so that the media is generally equidistant from the spool ends, said adapter comprising:
- a body having first and second body ends with each of the first and second body ends having shaped linkages to join to a respective one of the first and second supply ends and further shaped to join to a printer axel when not joined to a spool end;
- said body further comprising a data source positioned thereon;
- said body positioning the data source relative to the first body end so that when the first body end is joined to the first spool end, the data source is positioned to provide the machine readable data so that the machine readable data can be read by a reader in a printer that is adapted to accept a supply spool having media that is axially located asymmetrically closer to the second end;
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- said body further positioning the data source so that when the second body end is joined to the second spool end, the data source is positioned to provide machine readable data so that the machine readable data can be read by a reader in a printer that is adapted to accept a supply spool having media that is axially located asymmetrically closer to the first end.
An adapter comprising:
- a data means for providing machine-readable data;
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- an extension means for extending the length of a spool having two ends;
- said extension means having at means for connecting to at least one spool;
- wherein the means for connecting provides more than one manner for connecting the extension means to an end of the spool for rotation therewith, and wherein the extension means positions the data means so that the data means can be read by a reader in a printer that is adapted to receive an extension means that is connected to a spool in any of the more than one manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.