Patents by Inventor Evan Kastner

Evan Kastner 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).

  • Method and apparatus for corotron cleaning management in an image production device
    Patent number: 8170440
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for corotron cleaning management in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include receiving an input from the corotron cleaning counter, determining if the corotron cleaning counter exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein if it is determined that the corotron cleaning counter exceeds the predetermined threshold, notifying a maintainer that the corotron requires cleaning, determining if corotron cleaning has been performed, wherein if it is determined that corotron cleaning has been performed, resetting the corotron cleaning counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: David Sekovski, Evan Kastner, Robert Arnold Gross, David Kenneth Ahl, Alfred Claflin, Douglas McKeown, John Chinnici
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COROTRON CLEANING MANAGEMENT IN AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100086316
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for corotron cleaning management in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include receiving an input from the corotron cleaning counter, determining if the corotron cleaning counter exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein if it is determined that the corotron cleaning counter exceeds the predetermined threshold, notifying a maintainer that the corotron requires cleaning, determining if corotron cleaning has been performed, wherein if it is determined that corotron cleaning has been performed, resetting the corotron cleaning counter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: David SEKOVSKI, Evan Kastner, Robert Arnold Gross, David Kenneth AHL, Alfred Claflin, Douglas McKeown, John Chinnici
  • Coating for the breakdown of corona effluents
    Patent number: 7342227
    Abstract: A plasma sprayed TiO2 coating is used to remove effluents produced during an electrical charging step using a corona charging device. The plasma spray allows for the application of TiO2 ceramic to an aluminum dicorotron housing. Plasma spray also increases the electrical conductivity of the TiO2 (which is necessary for the dicorotron operation). Plasma sprayed coatings are also porous which aids in the capture and reduction of effluents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Blair, Joy L. Longhenry, Jeffry Welch, Thomas Debies, Bruce J. Parks, Eliud Robles-Flores, Evan Kastner, Jamie S. Clayfield