Patents by Inventor Riccardo Dal Bianco

Riccardo Dal Bianco 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: 5581334
    Abstract: In an electrostatic image developing device for electrical photocopiers, a magnetizable one-component toner, initially contained in a removable container, is fed, by the action of a rotating flexible strip, through a development chamber towards a rotating non-magnetic development roller surrounding a number of stationary permanent magnets, forming on it a magnetic brush, whose thickness is controlled by a non-magnetic flexible blade pressed against the surface of the development roller; the development chamber is fitted with three stirring bars made of non-magnetic material, each bar describing a different closed path in different zones of the development chamber in such a way as to avoid the formation of lumps and to maintain the correct fluidity of the toner. In addition, a metallic wire is fitted in the development chamber and acts as a sensor device to detect when the removable container is nearly empty of toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Olivetti-Canon Industriale S.p.A.
    Inventors: Riccardo Forlani, Renato Bortolin, Riccardo Dal Bianco, Roberto Guelfo