US 11,787,588 B2
Indicator assembly for media processing devices
Morgan Hassan Malone, Swansea, MA (US); Edward Anthony Hackett, Surbiton (GB); Raymond E. Maynard, Westerly, RI (US); Michael F. St.Germain, West Warwick, RI (US); Michael C. Wondolowski, Carpinteria, CA (US); Daniel V. Carroll, Port Barrington, IL (US); Ozgur Ozserin, London (GB); James Roger Morley-Smith, Buckinghamshire (GB); Hannah Marie Legg, Belvedere (GB); Roger Edward Guinee, Arlington Heights, IL (US); and Ellen Thomas, London (GB)
Assigned to Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed by ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/842,539.
Application 17/842,539 is a continuation of application No. 17/089,889, filed on Nov. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,390,410.
Prior Publication US 2023/0072187 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B65C 9/40 (2006.01); B65C 9/18 (2006.01)
CPC B65C 9/40 (2013.01) [B65C 9/18 (2013.01); B65C 2210/0037 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An indicator assembly comprising:
a plurality of substantially contiguous illumination surfaces illuminated by respective ones of a set of lights via a barrel having a plurality of light pipe extensions, each one of the light pipe extensions having a wedge-shaped that increases in size from a rear end adjacent to the set of lights toward the forward end of the barrel adjacent to the plurality of substantially contiguous illumination surfaces;
a controller in communication with the ones of the set of lights, the controller configured to:
(i) obtain an operational status,
(ii) retrieve, from a mapping repository, a set of notification control parameters corresponding to the operational status, and
(iii) control the set of lights according to the notification control parameters.