Patents by Inventor Merlin E. Scharfe

Merlin E. Scharfe 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).

  • Patent number: 5215841
    Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging system utilizing a member comprising at least one photoconductive layer and an overcoating layer comprising a film forming continuous phase comprising charge transport molecules and charge injection enabling sites comprising finely divided fullerene particles, the insulating overcoating layer being substantially transparent to activating radiation to which the photoconductive layer is sensitive and substantially electrically insulating at low electrical fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Merlin E. Scharfe, Ronald F. Ziolo, Joseph Mammino, Donald S. Sypula
  • Patent number: 5162183
    Abstract: A surface layer on an imaging member has a surface roughness which reduces the force necessary for blade cleaning, reduces blade edge truck, reduces blade/substrate friction, inhibits the formation of toner-type deposits on the imaging surface, and/or reduces or eliminates light interference patterns resulting from coherent light, for example, from a raster output scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Nero R. Lindblad, Richard L. Schank, Richard W. Bigelow, Herbert C. Relyea, Robert E. Trott, Andrew R. Melnyk, Merlin E. Scharfe, Walter F. Leising
  • Patent number: 5153759
    Abstract: A light valve comprising a first transparent electrically insulating layer, a first transparent electrically conductive layer, an electro-optic imaging medium layer, a dielectric mirror, a light blocking layer comprising an organic dye or organic pigment, a photoconductor layer comprising selenium, a second transparent electrically conductive layer and a second transparent layer. This light valve may be utilized in systems which include an imaging light source and a read-out light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Werner E. Haas, Merlin E. Scharfe
  • Patent number: 5132627
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for ascertaining electrical discharge properties of an electrophotographic imaging member including the steps of (a) providing at least one electrophotographic imaging member comprising an electrically conductive layer and at least one photoconductive layer, (b) contacting the surface of the electrophotographic imaging member with a substantially transparent electrode and applying an electric potential or an electric current to form an electric field across the photoconductive layer, (c) terminating the applying of the electric potential or the electric current, (d) exposing the photoconductive layer to activating radiation to discharge the electrophotographic imaging member, (e) repeating steps (b), (c) and (d), and (f) measuring the potential across the photoconductive layer during steps (b), (c) and (d) as a function of time by means of an electrostatic meter coupled to the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Zoran D. Popovic, Damodar M. Pai, Merlin E. Scharfe, Satchidanand Mishra, Edward A. Domm
  • Patent number: 4747992
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for forming at least one thin substantially uniform fluid coating comprising polymeric film forming material on a cylindrical mandrel, solidifying the fluid coating to form a uniform solid coating and separating the uniform solid coating from the mandrel. The process may comprise forming at least one thin substantially uniform fluid coating comprising polymeric film forming material around a cylindrical mandrel, the mandrel having a larger mass or lower thermal conductivity than the polymeric film forming material and a critical surface tension greater than the surface tension of the fluid coating, solidifying the fluid coating to form at least one thin substantially uniform solid coating comprising the polymeric film forming material around the cylindrical mandrel, heating both the uniform solid coating and the mandrel to a temperature at least above the apparent T.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Inventors: Donald S. Sypula, Merlin E. Scharfe, Dennis A. Abramsohn, Paul J. Brach, Clifford H. Griffiths, Deborah J. Nichol-Landry, Andrew R. Melnyk, John W. Spiewak, Joseph Mammino, Edward C. Williams, Lieng-Huang Lee, Christine J. Tarnawskyj
  • Patent number: 4515882
    Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging system utilizing a member comprising at least one photoconductive layer and an overcoating layer comprising a film forming continuous phase comprising charge transport molecules and finely divided charge injection enabling particles dispersed in the continuous phase, the insulating overcoating layer being substantially transparent to activating radiation to which the photoconductive layer is sensitive and substantially electrically insulating at low electrical fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1985
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Mammino, Donald S. Sypula, Dennis A. Abramsohn, Martin A. Abkowitz, Merlin E. Scharfe
  • Patent number: 4330609
    Abstract: This invention is generally directed to inorganic overcoated photo-responsive devices comprised of a substrate, a layer of hole injecting material capable of injecting holes into a layer on its surface, this layer being comprised of trigonal selenium, a hole transport layer in operative contact with the hole injecting layer, this layer being comprised of a halogen doped selenium arsenic alloy, wherein the percentage by weight of selenium present is from about 99.5 percent to about 99.9 percent, the percentage by weight of arsenic present is from about 0.1 percent to about 0.5 percent, and the halogen is present in an amount of from about 10 parts per million, to about 200 parts per million; a charge generating layer overcoated on the hole transport layer, comprised of an inorganic photoconductive material; a hole trapping layer overcoated on the generator layer, the trapping layer being comprised of a halogen doped selenium arsenic alloy, containing from about 95 percent selenium, to 99.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1982
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: James H. Neyhart, George A. Brown, Lloyd A. Relyea, Merlin E. Scharfe, Heinz W. Pinsler
  • Patent number: 4318973
    Abstract: This invention is generally directed to inorganic overcoated photoresponsive devices comprised of a substrate, a layer of hole injecting material capable of injecting holes into a layer on its surface, this layer being comprised of trigonal selenium, a hole transport layer in operative contact with the hole injecting layer, this layer being comprised of a halogen doped selenium arsenic alloy, wherein the percentage by weight of selenium present is from about 99.5 percent to about 99.9 percent, the percentage by weight of arsenic present is from about 0.1 percent to about 0.5 percent, and the halogen is present in an amount of from about 10 parts per million, to about 200 parts per million; a charge generating layer overcoated on the hole transport layer, comprised of an inorganic photoconductive material; and a layer of insulating organic resin overlaying the charge generating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1982
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: George A. Brown, Lloyd A. Relyea, Merlin E. Scharfe, Heinz W. Pinsler
  • Patent number: 4287279
    Abstract: This invention is generally directed to inorganic overcoated photoresponsive devices comprised of a substrate, a layer of hole injecting material capable of injecting holes into a layer on its surface, this layer being comprised of trigonal selenium, a hole transport layer in operative contact with the hole injecting layer, this layer being comprised of a halogen doped selenium arsenic alloy, wherein the percentage by weight of selenium present is from about 99.5 percent to about 99.9 percent, the percentage by weight of arsenic present is from about 0.1 percent to about 0.5 percent, and the halogen is present in an amount of from about 10 parts per million, to about 200 parts per million; a charge generating layer overcoated on the hole transport layer, comprised of an inorganic photoconductive material; and a layer of insulating organic resin overlaying the charge generating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: George A. Brown, Lloyd A. Relyea, Merlin E. Scharfe, Heinz W. Pinsler
  • Patent number: 4286033
    Abstract: This invention is generally directed to inorganic overcoated photo-responsive devices comprised of a substrate, a layer of hole injecting material capable of injecting holes into a layer on its surface, this layer being comprised of trigonal selenium, a hole transport layer in operative contact with the hole injecting layer, this layer being comprised of a halogen doped selenium arsenic alloy, wherein the percentage by weight of selenium present is from about 99.5 percent to about 99.9 percent, the percentage by weight of arsenic present is from about 0.1 percent to about 0.5 percent, and the halogen is present in an amount of from about 10 parts per million, to about 200 parts per million; a charge generating layer overcoated on the hole transport layer, comprised of an inorganic photoconductive material; a hole trapping layer overcoated on the generator layer, the trapping layer being comprised of a halogen doped selenium arsenic alloy, containing from about 95 percent selenium, to 99.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1981
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: James H. Neyhart, George A. Brown, Lloyd A. Relyea, Merlin E. Scharfe, Heinz W. Pinsler