Patents by Inventor Christopher Sneath

Christopher Sneath has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cleaning head pick-up system
    Patent number: 7676172
    Abstract: A corotron cleaning assembly includes a self-seating, spring-loaded locating pin drivingly connected to a drive unit that is used to drive a wire cleaning head that is located within a CRU. This assembly allows for easy separation of the drive unit from the cleaner when the CRU that contains the wire is replaced. The bullet shaped pin rides on a worm drive and when the pin is driven into the cleaner head, the bullet hits an inclined ramp and is biased downward until such a point that the pin hits a recessed receptacle. Once the pin is in the receptacle, the pin is capable of driving the wire cleaning head. When the cleaning head is removed, the act of removal separates the pin from the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Budding, Mark Gearing, Stephen P. Wood, Christopher D. Olliffe, Christopher Sneath
  • Cleaning head pick-up system
    Publication number: 20080317494
    Abstract: A corotron cleaning assembly includes a self-seating, spring-loaded locating pin drivingly connected to a drive unit that is used to drive a wire cleaning head that is located within a CRU. This assembly allows for easy separation of the drive unit from the cleaner when the CRU that contains the wire is replaced. The bullet shaped pin rides on a worm drive and when the pin is driven into the cleaner head, the bullet hits an inclined ramp and is biased downward until such a point that the pin hits a recessed receptacle. Once the pin is in the receptacle, the pin is capable of driving the wire cleaning head. When the cleaning head is removed, the act of removal separates the pin from the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Benjamin Budding, Mark Gearing, Stephen P. Wood, Christopher D. Olliffe, Christopher Sneath