Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Powder transport with a tapered feed roller of an electrostatographic printer
- Patent Title (中): 粉末输送与静电打印机的锥形进给辊
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Application No.: US11742092Application Date: 2007-04-30
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Publication No.: US07643778B2Publication Date: 2010-01-05
- Inventor: Kenneth J. Brown , Laverne N. Lincoln, Jr.
- Applicant: Kenneth J. Brown , Laverne N. Lincoln, Jr.
- Applicant Address: US NY Rochester
- Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
- Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Rochester
- Agent Donna P. Suchy
- Main IPC: G03G15/09
- IPC: G03G15/09
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for dispensing toner in an electrostatographic printer includes an apparatus for feeding powder toward the feed apparatus wherein the feed roller includes a tapered feed roller including a shaft and one or more variable height flutes such that there is more developer volume in the direction of flow as well as a conveyance controller for controlling the powder conveying device, including the one or more tapered feed rollers such that the tapered feed roller preferentially uniformly conveys the powder toward the feed apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090052950A1 POWDER TRANSPORT WITH A TAPERED FEED ROLLER OF AN ELECTROSTATOGRAPHIC PRINTER Public/Granted day:2009-02-26
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