Patents by Inventor Reid W. Gunnell
Reid W. Gunnell 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).
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Patent number: 10442642Abstract: A media feeder including a tray arranged to hold media, a motor arranged to move the tray in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction, a sensor arranged to detect at least one position of the tray, a processor arranged to execute a set of steps, and a memory element arranged to store the set of steps. The set of steps includes: receiving a first input from a user selecting a first loading preference; moving the tray with the motor in the first direction a first distance from the first position to a second position; loading a first quantity of media into the tray; and, moving the tray in the second direction until a first sheet of the first quantity of media is in a feeding position.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Reid W. Gunnell
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Publication number: 20190114517Abstract: A method of correcting print banding in a printer, including initiating the banding correction process, generating prints with various levels of banding based on different levels of voltages applied to the array of jets, receiving an input from the user selecting the preferred print, and adjusting voltage levels applied to jets corresponding to the preferred print.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: DOUGLAS DEAN DARLING, ERIC HYDE, WALTER SEAN HARRIS, BRIAN J. DANIELS, REID W. GUNNELL, NASSER ALAVIZADEH, LISA M. SCHMIDT, ROBERT MARK JACOBS
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Patent number: 10220614Abstract: An inkjet printhead including an inkjet configured to eject drops of ink in response to receiving an electrical signal, a memory configured to store image data, and a processor operatively coupled to the inkjet and the memory. The processor receives the image data and determines a period of latency of the inkjet printhead. When the period of latency is within a predetermined timeframe, the processor increases a voltage of the electrical signal to a second voltage for an initial number of drops to eject the drops of ink in a pattern of printed ink drops with reference to at least a portion of the image data and reduce the voltage of the electrical signal after the initial number of drops to eject drops of ink in a pattern of printed ink drops with reference to a remaining portion of the image data, and generates the electrical signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Douglas Dean Darling, Reid W. Gunnell, Brian Edward Williams
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Patent number: 10214026Abstract: A direct-to-object printer includes an object rotating subsystem. The object rotating subsystem includes an actuator with an output shaft, a holder mounted to the output shaft, the holder being configured to grip a portion of the object, and a controller operatively connected to the actuator. The controller is configured to operate the actuator to rotate the holder and the object gripped by the holder to enable at least one of the printheads in a printer to print a portion of a circumference of the object that is longer than a width of the at least one printhead.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Timothy R. Jaskowiak, Chu-Heng Liu, Paul J. McConville, Jason M. LeFevre, Douglas K. Herrmann, Reid W. Gunnell
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Publication number: 20190054740Abstract: An inkjet printhead including an inkjet configured to eject drops of ink in response to receiving an electrical signal, a memory configured to store image data, and a processor operatively coupled to the inkjet and the memory. The processor receives the image data and determines a period of latency of the inkjet printhead. When the period of latency is within a predetermined timeframe, the processor increases a voltage of the electrical signal to a second voltage for an initial number of drops to eject the drops of ink in a pattern of printed ink drops with reference to at least a portion of the image data and reduce the voltage of the electrical signal after the initial number of drops to eject drops of ink in a pattern of printed ink drops with reference to a remaining portion of the image data, and generates the electrical signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: DOUGLAS DEAN DARLING, REID W. GUNNELL, BRIAN EDWARD WILLIAMS
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Publication number: 20190047297Abstract: A direct-to-object printer includes an object rotating subsystem. The object rotating subsystem includes an actuator with an output shaft, a holder mounted to the output shaft, the holder being configured to grip a portion of the object, and a controller operatively connected to the actuator. The controller is configured to operate the actuator to rotate the holder and the object gripped by the holder to enable at least one of the printheads in a printer to print a portion of a circumference of the object that is longer than a width of the at least one printhead.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Timothy R. Jaskowiak, Chu-Heng Liu, Paul J. McConville, Jason M. LeFevre, Douglas K. Herrmann, Reid W. Gunnell
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Publication number: 20180305145Abstract: A media feeder including a tray arranged to hold media, a motor arranged to move the tray in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction, a sensor arranged to detect at least one position of the tray, a processor arranged to execute a set of steps, and a memory element arranged to store the set of steps. The set of steps includes: receiving a first input from a user selecting a first loading preference; moving the tray with the motor in the first direction a first distance from the first position to a second position; loading a first quantity of media into the tray; and, moving the tray in the second direction until a first sheet of the first quantity of media is in a feeding position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventor: Reid W. Gunnell
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Patent number: 10046929Abstract: A method of loading a media feeder of a printer system including: receiving a first input from a user selecting a first loading preference; storing a first position of the tray in at least one memory element; moving with at least one motor, the tray in a first direction a first distance from the first position to a second position; loading a first quantity of media into the tray; receiving a second input indicating the first quantity of media has been loaded into the tray; and, moving the tray in a second direction, opposite the first direction, until a first sheet of the first quantity of media is in a feeding position for the printer.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Reid W. Gunnell
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Patent number: 9849689Abstract: A method of filling a print head includes drawing a vapor into an empty print head to displace any air in the print head and filling the print head with ink. A method of filling a print head includes connecting a print head to a vacuum pump using a first valve, to a liquid supply using a second valve, and to an ink supply using a third valve, opening the first and second valves, applying vacuum to the print head and liquid supply using the vacuum pump, causing the liquid to generate a vapor that moves into the print head, closing the first valve and the second valve, and opening the third valve to move ink into the print head.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Reid W. Gunnell, Nasser Alavizadeh, Douglas Dean Darling, Walter Sean Harris, Megan Schaffer, David L. Knierim
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Patent number: 9266336Abstract: An imaging device includes at least one printhead including an aperture plate defining a plurality of apertures, an ink plate and a controller. The at least one printhead is configured to eject liquid ink through the plurality of apertures of the aperture plate. The ink plate is positioned with reference to the aperture plate to enable an ink layer to form between the ink plate and the aperture plate by ink ejected by the printhead. The controller operatively connected to the printhead and configured to operate the printhead to eject the liquid ink to the ink plate to form the link layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Robert M. Jacobs, Reid W. Gunnell, Brian J. Daniels
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Patent number: 4756687Abstract: An electrophotographic hot roll fuser is manually movable from an operative position within an electrophotographic reproduction device, to an inoperative position where the fuser is available for cleaning, inspection or sheet jam clearance. When the fuser is in its inoperative position, a manually operable handle is accessible for operation. Operation of this handle moves various operating components, such as sheet guides, apart, thereby facilitating manual sheet jam clearance. Subsequently, when the handle is manually returned to its original position, all sheet guides and like components are accurately relocated to their original operative positions.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1987Date of Patent: July 12, 1988Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Charles Cabrera, Reid W. Gunnell, Glenn E. Siemer, Eugene G. Stahlberg
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Patent number: 4755400Abstract: An electrophotographic fuser roll includes a hard external surface having low surface energy and high abrasion resistance. This surface is formed by sequentially coating a metal roll with two layers of a polymeric material. The polymeric material is not cured until after the second layer is applied. Once the material is cured, it is subjected to a polishing step that also generates heats. In this way, the roll's surface is both polished and heat treated.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1987Date of Patent: July 5, 1988Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Lawrence P. Dempsey, Dean S. Ehn, Reid W. Gunnell, Bruce P. Reinhardt, Lance A. Walker
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Patent number: 4743943Abstract: An electrophotographic reproduction device includes a pressure roll fuser whereat toner carried by a sheet of paper is fused onto the paper's surface by the application of both heat and pressure as the sheet passes through a pressure fusing nip. The pressure nip is formed by pressure engagement of a heated fusing roll to an unheated backup roll. A multilayer cloth wick rubs against a portion of the hot roll's toner engaging surface, and thereby supplies release oil to this surface. When the wick's outer cloth layer becomes contaminated with toner and the like, the operator acitvates a manually releasable stitch which is associated with the wick's multiple layers. This action allows manual removal of the wick's top contaminated layer, thereby exposing a clean cloth surface for subsequent engagement to the hot roll's toner engaging surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 1987Date of Patent: May 10, 1988Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Lawrence Adams, Jr., Reid W. Gunnell