Patent ID: 11951746
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A device for controlling user access to multiple containers for dispensing a printing material housed by a printing apparatus, the device comprising:
operable and closable barriers, wherein each of the barriers is configured to cover a corresponding one of the containers;
locks, each of which is configured for locking a corresponding one of the barriers in a closed position, wherein each of the locks is obscured by the corresponding one of the barriers when viewed from a front of the device and the corresponding one of the barriers is in the closed position; and
indicators, each of which is configured for indicating to a user whether the corresponding one of the barriers is locked,
wherein each of the locks is overlapped by at least a portion of the corresponding one of the barriers both when the corresponding one of the barriers is in the closed position and when the corresponding one of the barriers is in an open position.