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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8050590 | Corona device grid cleaner This is a device for cleaning a corona grid used in electrostatic printing or copying machines. This device has a cleaner pad that cleans the outer surface of the grid, that is the surface closest to the photoreceptor surface. This pad is located between the outer s... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7983586 | Automated cleaner for charging There is provided a corona generating device for a printing machine, including a conductor; a frame for supporting the conductor; a cleaning assembly, within the frame, for cleaning the conductor, the cleaning assembly includes a cleaning carriage, a drive system fo... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7813667 | Web fed charging roll cleaner An apparatus for applying an electrical charge to a charge retentive surface, wherein a bias charge roll member is situated proximately to a surface to be charged such as, a photoreceptor having a cleaning system which includes a web material in contact with the bia... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7787816 | Thermally uniform paper preheat transport A pre-heater system and adapted to be used on an electrostatic marking apparatus for improving gloss on media having marking thereon at a location in the apparatus prior to a conventional fuser roll assembly or station, the system including a primary heater adapted ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7763853 | Dicorotron having adjustable wire height A corona generating device for charging a surface including, a housing; the housing including spaced generally parallel side panels; members for holding a corona generating electrode in an operable position within the housing; and system for adjusting the height spa... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7720401 | Inter-document zone gloss defect eliminator A method for reducing gloss variation in prints, in an electrostatic printing system having a fuser for fusing sheets having marking particles thereon, the method including transporting a first sheet to the fuser; transporting a second sheet to the fuser; and abutti... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7654514 | High capacity tandem stack shuttle feeder module A sheet feeding apparatus for feeding a stack of sheets in a direction of movement to a process station, including: an elevator tray for holding stacks of sheets; a feed head for picking up a sheet from the stack of sheets when a vacuum force; air knife for blowing ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7621502 | Minimal-compression butterfly valve A butterfly-type valve for controlling toner material flow to a toner container, including, a valve plate which is pivotally disposed in an elongate flow path defined by a passage way, wherein the valve plate is pivotal from a closed position which substantially clo... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7555246 | Development sub-system in-line cleaning system An electrophotographic printing machine of the type in which an electrostatic latent image recorded on a charge retentive surface is developed with toner particles to form a visible image thereof, including: a housing having a supply of toner and developer therein; ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7505719 | Composite trim bar for developer system A device for metering toner to a predefined toner bed height on a donor member, including a composite trim bar having a support portion and a cutting portion, adjacent to the donor member, attached to the support portion. ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7493057 | Inline purge capability (purge while run) to improve system productivity during low area coverage runs An electrostatic printing machine having a plurality of color stations having a system for maintaining a preset toner age in each of the plurality of color stations, including: determining a toner age for each of the plurality of color stations; determining if purge... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7448719 | Ink jet printhead having a movable redundant array of nozzles There is provided a printhead for an ink jet printer, including a primary and a secondary array of nozzles in the printhead, the nozzles in the primary array of nozzles being in alignment with the nozzles in the secondary array of nozzles in a printing process direc... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7428398 | Development sub-system in-line cleaning system An electrophotographic printing machine of the type in which an electrostatic latent image recorded on a charge retentive surface is developed with toner particles to form a visible image thereof, including: a toner dispenser; a donor member for transporting toner f... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7382996 | Method for operating a cleaning station A method for operating a cleaning device having a preclean charging device for improved cleaning latitude on an imageable surface, including: moving imageable surface in a process direction through a cleaning zone, selecting a portion of the imageable surface moving... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7333753 | Developer housing design with improved sump mass variation latitude A developer system for developing an image in an electrophotographic printing machine, including: a developer housing having a toner sump containing developer material; a magnetic development member rotatably mounted in the housing for transferring toner particles t... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7313348 | Xerographic developer unit having variable pitch auger A developer system, including: a developer housing having a sump containing developer material including toner particles; a developer member rotatably mounted in the housing for transferring toner particles to a latent image on the photoreceptive member in a develop... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7298980 | Feed forward and feedback toner concentration control utilizing post transfer sensing for TC set point adjustment for an imaging system A toner concentration control system for maintaining image quality in a developer structure, the toner concentration control system including: a transfer efficiency estimator for measuring a transfer efficiency estimate associated with a developed image on an imagin... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7286778 | Feed forward mitigation of development transients A development system for an electrophotographic system including: a magnetic brush roll speed selector for selecting a rotational speed for a magnetic brush roll in a development system of the electrophotographic system; and a controller, responsive to the rotationa... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7257362 | Photoreceptor abrader for LCM A cleaning system for cleaning an imaging surface moving in a process direction, including: an abrading brush for uniformly abrading the imaging surface to remove laterally conductive deposits that lead to lateral charge migration therefrom, the abrading brush inclu... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7228082 | Belt fuser having a multi-tap heating element A printing machine adapted to print an image on a plurality of different predefined sized sheets, including: means for selecting a sheet of a predefined size to be imaged; means for recording image; means for developing the image; means for transferring the image on... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224929 | AC biased conductive brush for eliminating VOC induced LCM A cleaning system including: a cleaning device for cleaning laterally conductive deposits from the imaging surface; an AC bias member, adjacent to the imaging surface and positioned downstream from the cleaning device; and a power supply for biasing the AC bias memb... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7113717 | Closed loop control of nip pressure in a fuser system A fuser system of a xerographic device, including a fuser member and a pressure member in which the pressure member is made to exert pressure upon the fuser member so as to form a nip having a nip width between the fuser member and the pressure member, wherein the n... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7076193 | Wire module for developer unit An apparatus for developing in a development zone a latent image recorded on a surface, including a housing defining a chamber storing at least a supply of toner therein; a donor member disposed of at least partially in the chamber of the housing and spaced from the... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7065308 | Transfer roll engagement method for minimizing media induced motion quality disturbances A method of maintaining a rotational velocity of an imaging drum during engagement with a transfer roll in an image producing device including: forming a nip to transfer an image from the imaging drum to media when the imaging drum is in engagement with the transfer... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7054574 | Method for charging a photoreceptor to extend the life of a charge receptor in a xerographic printer A method of operating an electrostatographic printing apparatus, the apparatus including a charge-retentive member defining an imaging surface and a charging device for placing a charge on the imaging surface, including the steps of: providing a power supply to appl... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7038816 | Macro uniformity correction for x-y separable non-uniform A method for rendering a raster output level determines an image position of a pixel of interest (POI) within an image. An intended raster output level, which corresponds to the POI, is received into a processing device. A final raster input level is determined as a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7031645 | Apparatus and method for non-interactive magnetic brush development In a development system including a developer transport adapted for depositing developer material on an imaging surface having an electrostatic latent image thereon, comprising: a housing defining a chamber storing a supply of developer material comprising carrier a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7010239 | Apparatus and method for cleaning a donor roll An apparatus for developing a latent image recorded on a movable imaging surface, including: a reservoir for storing a supply of developer material including toner particles, said reservoir including a transport member; a donor member being arranged to receive toner... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6999703 | Ion toner charging device A device for ion charging airborne toner particles for the development of electrophotographic images is proposed. The ion toner-charging device subjects an airborne stream of toner particles to unipolar gas ions in the presence of an applied alternating electric fie... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994340 | Sheet feeding apparatus having an air fluffer A sheet feeding apparatus for feeding a stack of sheets in a direction of movement to a process station, including: a sheet tray for holding the stack of sheets; an air plenum, positioned above the stack of sheets, for picking up a sheet from the stack of sheets whe... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993272 | Method of development of custom colors without changing developer housing A method for producing a toner of a custom color in a developer unit including a housing defining a reservoir for storing a supply of toner, a donor member for transporting toner to an imaging surface; including: identifying custom color requested; determining color... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6980751 | Developer humidifier An apparatus for developing a latent image recorded on a movable imaging surface, including: a reservoir for storing a supply of developer material including toner particles; a donor member being arranged to receive toner particles from the reservoir and to deliver ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980765 | Dual polarity electrostatic brush cleaner An apparatus for removing charged particles from a surface, the surface being capable of movement, including: a conductive brush in contact with the surface, the conductive brush having a first region thereof having a first polarity and a second region having a seco... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6970673 | Highlight color printing machine An electrographic printing machine including: a first photoconductive member; an imaging device for recording a first latent image on the first photoconductive member to form a first developed image; a first developer unit for developing the first latent image; a se... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969066 | Passive vacuum transport An apparatus for improving sheet feeding in a direction of movement to a process station, including: a contact surface having ribs spaced along contact surface in the direction of movement, apertures being defined in the space between each rib; a blower; and an air ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6965746 | Hybrid electrophotographic development with toner induction charged via AC induced conductivity A method is provided for developing a latent electrostatic image with marking particles through the process steps of: moving the surface of an image receiving member at a predetermined process speed; storing a supply of developer material comprising toner and carrie... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6963704 | Heating system for a developer housing An apparatus for developing a latent image recorded on a movable imaging surface, including: a reservoir for storing a supply of developer material including toner particles, the reservoir including a developer material mixing and transport area; a donor member bein... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959161 | Photoreceptor for highlight color printing machine An electrophotographic printing machine comprising: a photoconductive member having a path a movement through the plurality of xerographic stations, the photoconductive member including a segmented ground plane, the segmented ground plane being define into individua... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6945525 | Sheet feeding apparatus having an adaptive air fluffer A sheet feeding apparatus for feeding a stack of sheets in a direction of movement to a process station, including: a sheet tray for holding the stack of sheets; an air plenum, positioned above the stack of sheets, for picking up a sheet from the stack of sheets whe... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941089 | Heating system for a developer housing An apparatus for developing a latent image recorded on a movable imaging surface, including: a reservoir for storing a supply of developer material including toner particles, said reservoir including a developer material mixing and transport area; a donor member bei... | 09/06/2005 |
