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| 7398943 | Apparatus for winding paper with static control An apparatus and method for winding a roll is disclosed. The apparatus engages a reel spool against an endless flexible belt spanning two rolls to form an unsupported span of the belt. The tissue web is carried to the free span on the endless flexible belt, and the ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7355834 | Cover unit of a substrate for an image forming apparatus and method A cover unit of a substrate for an image forming apparatus and method. The apparatus and method include a first cover unit and a second cover unit. The first cover unit surrounds the substrate on which electronic elements of a main body of the image forming apparatu... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7103297 | Robust apparatus and method of grounding a drum photoreceptor assembly A grounding method and apparatus for robustly grounding a photoreceptor assembly, including a conductive photoreceptor drum, in a xerographic image producing machine. The grounding apparatus includes (a) a flange including a first portion having a first diameter and... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095600 | Electrostatic charge neutralization using grooved roller surface patterns A method for coating a liquid composition from an applicator to a first surface of a moving web having opposite first and second surfaces, the web being conveyed along a path through a coating apparatus, the coating apparatus including a charge neutralization statio... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7013930 | Electrostatic dissipation A fueling station is provided with apparatus for preventing accidental fires including communication with the person performing the fueling operation and preventing fuel delivery unless the person performing the fueling operation is safely purged of static electrici... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6952555 | Low profile passive static control device A static control device suitable for printers, copiers and the like is disclosed with a manufacturing method therefor. A carrier strip of non-metallic, electrically conductive material, such as plastic, is provided with a plurality of spaced bundles of electrically ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6920030 | Apparatus for eliminating static electrical charges from a web of dielectric sheet material An apparatus is taught for draining static electrical charges build-up on a traveling web of dielectric material. The apparatus includes discharge means comprised of a metal member having one end formed into at least one needle point projection. The discharge means ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6917507 | Static neutralizing roll follower A static neutralizing roll follower includes a static charge dissipating device on a carrier movably held by a support. Sensors follow the changing diameter of a roll, and a control unit processes signals from the sensor to operate a drive mechanism to move the carr... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6667874 | Structure for eliminating electromagnetic interference caused by central processing unit A structure for eliminating electromagnetic interference caused by CPU includes a fixing seat, onto which two conductive members having a plurality of elastic contacts are mounted. Each of the conductive members is formed at two ends with two contact wing... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6668154 | Device for charging and discharging of printing media in printing presses and copiers A device (2, 3) for charging and/or discharging of printing media (7) in printing presses and copiers, with at least one corona wire (5, 5'), as well as a guiding device (1) for printing media (7) with bridging members (11, 12, 13), which bridge the inter... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6624413 | Corona treatment apparatus with segmented electrode A corona treating apparatus has an electrically conductive electrode housing with a downwardly opening channel, within which are adjustably positioned a number of conductive electrode segments. Each segment has a stem which extends into the channel, and a... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6533097 | Sheet material transfer device Grounding member (11) for grounding static electricity generated in sheet material transfer rollers (32) of the sheet material transfer device (1) comprises a circuit pattern for grounding (14) formed on a printed circuit board (13) and of an electrically... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6512665 | Method for separating a plurality of flat objects arranged at least partially on top of each other, at a predetermined point A static charge is produced on surfaces of superimposed, flat articles (2) by passing the superimposed articles (2) through an electric d.c. voltage field that is oriented substantially perpendicular to the principal surfaces of the articles. Due to the c... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6498913 | Static charge controlling system and a reproduction machine having same A static controlling system is provided for effectively and economically controlling static charge build up on a driven web member moving in contact with support structures. The static controlling system includes (a) at least one resistive contact member ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6405012 | Image forming apparatus and process cartridge with copy medium static eliminator An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a transfer roller and an antistatic sheet. The cylindrical surface of the photosensitive drum can be supplied with a developer. The transfer roller transfers the developer on the drum surface onto... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6208499 | Corona discharge device A corona discharge device used in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a discharge member such as a saw-toothed discharge member having sharp discharge ends, and a power supply which applies to the discharge member a discharge voltage c... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6155557 | Sheet feeding device A member for feeding sheets is provided with a core and a cover mounted on the core. The cover is made of a conductive material or one whose coefficient of friction is lower than that of the sheets.... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6058003 | Electrostatic charger and discharger This invention relates to an electrostatic charger and discharger which can realize ozone-less, non-contact charging that can prevent the member to be charged or the member to be charge-removed from deteriorating upon irradiation of an electromagnetic wav... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6048119 | Sheet discharge mechanism and apparatus incorporating the same A sheet discharge mechanism is provided which is capable of preventing improper sheet transfer. The sheet discharge mechanism includes discharge rollers for moving a recording paper sheet, and an electric discharge brush adjacent to the discharge roller. ... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5895632 | Discharging and dust removing method and discharging and dust removing apparatus The invention provides a discharging method by which charge can be removed readily, uniformly and efficiently from a surface of a working object even where the surface has a complicated charge pattern of a large number of small positive and negative charg... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5805407 | Charge eliminating apparatus for a moving web Charge eliminating apparatus for a moving web comprising two voltage applicators with discharge electrodes arranged at uniform intervals is disclosed. The voltage applicators are provided against the web supported by a backing roller or two backing roller... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5761022 | Electrostatic charge potential equaliser A static charge equaliser having electrical, physical and dimensional properties such that when interposed between two bodies having different electrostatic charges and which are brought into contact or close proximity, the electrostatic interaction betwe... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5683556 | Discharging and dust removing method and discharging and dust removing apparatus The invention provides a discharging method by which charges can be removed readily, uniformly and efficiently from a surface of a working object even where the surface has a complicated charge pattern of a large number of small positive and negative char... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5659852 | Image forming method, image forming apparatus and process cartridge The image forming method comprises, electrostatically charging an image bearing member using a contact charging assembly, forming an electrostatic latent image on the image bearing member thus charged, developing the electrostatic latent image with a magn... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5638158 | Image formation apparatus At least a photosensitive drum 2 and charge roller 9 are attached to a unit 8 so that the photosensitive drum 2 and charge roller 9 can be freely attached to and detached from an apparatus body 1 in unison with the unit case 8, and the charge roller 9 can... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5606398 | Reduction of residual potential and ghosting in a photoconductor A system and method for reducing residual electrostatic potential and ghosting in a photoconductor alleviates the problems of low optical density and ghosting. A charge is applied to a surface of the photoconductor, and the photoconductor is exposed to co... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5601913 | Transfer material carrying member and image forming apparatus There is provided a transfer material carrying member and an image forming apparatus using it. The transfer material carrying member comprises a metal oxide and a polycarbonate resin having a repeating unit represented by the following formula: ##STR... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5589922 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member on which a toner image is formed; transfer material carrying member for carrying thereon a transfer material; a transfer device for transferring the toner image from the image bearing member to a... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5585730 | Apparatus for measuring surface charge on a sheet or web The present invention is a device for measuring the electric surface charge density on each surface of a sheet. The sheet can either be moving or non-moving. If the sheet is non-moving a pliers-like device having a pair of electrodes aligned opposite with... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5576804 | Apparatus and method for inhibiting dust adherence to the contact plate of a copying machine A moving optical system assembly is disposed under a contact glass for supporting a document on the upper surface of a frame of a copying machine, and comprises a moving frame 2 equipped with a source of light 4, and a document sensor arm 10 which undergo... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5568238 | Transfer assist apparatus having a conductive blade member An apparatus which transfers a developed image from a photoconductive surface to a copy sheet. The apparatus includes a corona generating device arranged to charge the copy sheet for establishing a transfer field that is effective to attract the developed... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5552872 | Separation charger control for electro-photographic apparatus An image forming apparatus comprises a photoconductor on which a toner image is formed, an intermediate transfer drum disposed opposite to the photoconductor for holding a sheet on its circumferential surface, and a transfer charger disposed opposite to t... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5537189 | Printing apparatus which grounds photoreceptor independently of CRU There is disclosed an electrostatographic printing apparatus having (a) a detachable imaging module including a housing and a photosensitive member, wherein the photosensitive member is partially enclosed within the housing, and wherein the photosensitive... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5479014 | Apparatus for cleaning a strip of unexposed photosensitive product Cleaning of a product in strip or sheet form. The device is characterised in that: the electrode is enclosed in an insulating housing (20) connected to the said channel by an antihalo duct (30), the housing is swept by a weak flow of air, so as to carry away the io... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5455514 | Apparatus and method for measuring polar charge on a sheet or moving web The present invention is a device for measuring the electric surface charge density on each surface of a sheet. The sheet can either be moving or non-moving. If the sheet is non-moving a pliers-like device having a pair of electrodes aligned opposite with... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5444523 | Image forming device including transfer material carrier device with grounding member An image forming device includes a transfer material carrier unit which absorbs a transfer material onto a transfer material carrier by use of an electrostatic force and carries the transfer material. The image forming device further includes a unit for c... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5420743 | Control of the neutralization of surface charges on objects Control of the neutralization of surface charges existing on objects such as paper, fabrics, plastic sheets or the like. In order that the surface of an object (1) can be neutralized independently of the output parameters, the electrostatic charge present... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5420465 | Switches and sensors utilizing pultrusion contacts Electronic switches and sensors have pultruded contact members. A switch includes first and second contact members, at least one of which including a pultruded contact member having an insulating body and a plurality of conductive fibers carried within th... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5402304 | Static eliminator air enhancement device An apparatus used in eliminating static buildup in paper (or plastic) stock used within paper handling machines, wherein an anti-static air enhancer cartridge is inserted in an airstream. The airstream passes across the enhancer cartridge where positively... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400208 | Web edge discharging system Static charge on a charge retaining, somewhat conductive moving web is reduced by a non-contacting apparatus placed at the edge of and coplanar with the moving web. The apparatus is comprised of metallic needles or bristles, a conductive support or other ... | 03/21/1995 |
