Patents Represented by Attorney Annette L. Bade
  • Patent number: 7522869
    Abstract: A process of MICR and non-MICR electrostatic magnetic imaging of two independent electrostatic latent images including forming a first electrostatic latent image in a MICR printing apparatus; developing the first electrostatic latent image by contacting the first electrostatic latent image with a MICR toner to produce a developed MICR toner image; transferring the developed MICR toner image onto a check; forming a second electrostatic latent image in a non-MICR printing apparatus; developing the second electrostatic latent image by contacting the second electrostatic latent image with a non-MICR toner to produce a developed non-MICR image; transferring the developed non-MICR toner image to the check; and fusing the developed MICR toner image and the developed non-MICR toner image to the check.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Christine Anderson, T Brian McAneney, Kurt I. Halfyard, Edward G. Zwartz, Gordon Sisler
  • Patent number: 7498122
    Abstract: A solvent-less process for producing a transient document which is capable of self-erasing, wherein the solvent-less process includes a) heating and reacting a photochromic compound and a polymer to form a coating composition, and b) coating the coating composition onto an image-receiving side of a transient document substrate, and further an image forming method using the same solvent-less process and including (i) providing a reimageable medium of a substrate and a photochromic material, wherein the medium is capable of exhibiting a color contrast and an absence of the color contrast; (ii) exposing the medium to an imaging light corresponding to a predetermined image to result in an exposed region and a non-exposed region, wherein the color contrast is present between the exposed region and the non-exposed region to allow a temporary image corresponding to the predetermined image to be visible for a visible time; (iii) subjecting the temporary image to an indoor ambient condition for an image erasing time t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Gabriel Iftime, Peter M. Kazmaier, Naveen Chopra, San-Ming Yang, Raymond W. Wong
  • Patent number: 7491435
    Abstract: A fuser member having a substrate; an outer layer containing a silicone or fluoropolymer; and a release agent material coating on the outer layer, wherein the release agent material coating includes a perfluorinated polyether having a skeleton of Formulas I or II or mixtures thereof: CF3—(CF2CF2)m—O—(R1R2O)—(R3R3O)n—(R3O)p—(CF2)q—CF3??Formula I wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of CF2, CF—CF3 and —NR4R5; R2 is selected from the group consisting of CF2, CF—CF3, and —NR4R5; R3 is selected from the group consisting of CF2 and CF3; R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl group having from about 1 to about 18 carbon atoms, arylalkyl group having from about 7 to about 18 carbon atoms, mercapto, hydride and carbinol functional group; R5 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl having from about 1 to about 20 carbons, and a fluoroalkyl having from about 2 to about 10 carbons; m is a number of 0 or 1; n is a number of from about 0 to about 500; p is a number of from about 0 t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Gervasi, Bryan J. Roof, Santokh S. Badesha
  • Patent number: 7485344
    Abstract: A process for producing a fuser member coating including a) adding and reacting a fluoroelastomer, a crosslinking agent, a polar solvent, and a blend of two different fluorinated copolymer surfactants to form a coating solution, and b) providing the coating solution on the fuser member to form a fuser member coating, wherein the blend of two different fluorinated copolymer surfactants includes copolymers selected from the group consisting of fluorinated acrylate copolymers and fluorinated polyether copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Kaplan, Alexander N. Klymachyov, Robert N. Finsterwalder, Kenneth W. Schlafer, Jarad N. Kohl, Joy L. Longhenry, Alan R. Kuntz
  • Patent number: 7476480
    Abstract: Herein is disclosed a process for producing emulsion aggregation toner including (i) adding a base to an emulsion aggregation toner to increase the pH of the toner to from about 7 to about 12; (ii) sieving and filtering the toner; (iii) washing the toner with an enzyme selected from the group consisting of carboxylic ester hydrolase and sulfuric ester hydrolase; (iv) filtering the toner; (v) washing the toner with reverse osmosis or deionized water; and (vi) adding an acid to reduce the pH of the toner to from about 3 to about 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Steven M. Malachowski, Amy A. Grillo, Eugene F. Young
  • Patent number: 7468208
    Abstract: An imaging member containing a substrate, and a layer containing a polytetrafluoroethylene and a polyol ester, and an image forming apparatus for forming images on a recording medium including the imaging member above, a development component to apply a developer material to said charge-retentive surface to develop said electrostatic latent image to form a developed image on said charge-retentive surface; a transfer component for transferring said developed image from said charge-retentive surface to another member or a copy substrate; and a fusing member to fuse said developed image to said copy substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Wu, Geoffrey M T. Foley, Jodie L. Watson, Liang-Bih Lin, Edward C. Savage, Robert P. Altavela, Linda Ferrarese, Marc J. Livecchi
  • Patent number: 7427440
    Abstract: An imaging member containing a substrate, and an outer layer containing a polyether lubricant, and an image forming apparatus for forming images on a recording medium including the imaging member above, a development component to apply a developer material to said charge-retentive surface to develop said electrostatic latent image to form a developed image on said charge-retentive surface; a transfer component for transferring said developed image from said charge-retentive surface to another member or a copy substrate; and a fusing member to fuse said developed image to said copy substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Wu, Geoffrey M T. Foley, Liang-Bih Lin, Edward C. Savage, Robert P. Altavela, Marc J. Livecchi
  • Patent number: 7407278
    Abstract: An offset printing apparatus for transferring a phase change ink onto a print medium having a phase change ink component for applying a phase change ink in a phase change ink image; an imaging member for accepting the phase change ink image from the phase change ink component, and transferring the phase change ink image from the imaging member to the print medium, and a transfix pressure member positioned in association with the imaging member, wherein the print medium passes through a nip formed between the imaging member and the transfix pressure member, and wherein the imaging member exerts pressure on the transfix pressure member so as to transfer and fuse the phase change ink image from the imaging member to the print medium, and further wherein the transfix pressure member includes a substrate; and an outer layer having a modulus of from about 8 to about 300 MPa, a thickness of from about 0.3 to about 10 mm, and wherein the pressure exerted at the nip is from about 750 to about 4,000 psi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Kohne, Santokh S. Badesha, Edward B. Caruthers, Jr., Anthony Yeznach, Anthony S. Condello, Michael C. Gordon, James E. Williams
  • Patent number: 7401912
    Abstract: An offset printing apparatus having a coated imaging drum for use with phase-change inks, wherein the imaging drum including a metal substrate, a conformable intermediate layer, and outer coating having an alkyd thermoset, and a heating member associated with the offset printing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: David H. Pan, Santokh S. Badesha, Anthony Yeznach, Trevor J. Snyder, Barry D. Reeves
  • Patent number: 7381514
    Abstract: A fuser member having a substrate, an outer layer with a fluoropolymer, and a release agent material coating on the outer layer, wherein the release agent material coating contains (a) a blend with a mercapto functional release agent having the following formula II: wherein A represents —R4—X, wherein R4 represents an alkyl group having from about 1 to about 10 carbons, X represents —SH; R1 and R2 are the same or different and each is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl having from about 1 to about 25 carbons, an aryl having from about 4 to about 10 carbons, and an arylalkyl; R3 is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl having from about 1 to about 25 carbons, an aryl having from about 4 to about 10 carbons, an arylalkyl, and a substituted diorganosiloxane chain having from about 1 to about 500 siloxane units; b and c are numbers and are the same or different and each satisfy the conditions of 1?b?10 and 10?c?1,000 d and d? are numbers and are the same or different and are 2 or 3, and e
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Lynn J. Bluett, Samuel Kaplan, Alexander N. Klymachyov
  • Patent number: 7378211
    Abstract: A carrier composition having magnetite with a diameter of from about 80 microns to about 150 microns, and wherein the carrier has a conductivity of from about 10?8 to about 10?11 (ohms-cm)?1 and a carrier breakdown voltage of from about 20 to about 200 volts, and a developer composition with toner and this carrier composition, and also including a developer housing apparatus and an electrostatographic apparatus comprising the developer housing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Padam K. Angra, Michael L. Grande, Zhaoyi M. Masucci, Joseph H. Rowe, John S. Walters
  • Patent number: 7368210
    Abstract: An imaging member containing a substrate, and an outer layer containing a zinc diethyldithiophosphate, and an image forming apparatus for forming images on a recording medium including the imaging member above, a development component to apply a developer material to said charge-retentive surface to develop said electrostatic latent image to form a developed image on said charge-retentive surface; a transfer component for transferring said developed image from said charge-retentive surface to another member or a copy substrate; and a fusing member to fuse said developed image to said copy substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Wu, Linda Ferrarese, Robert P. Altavela, Liang-Bih Lin
  • Patent number: 7341812
    Abstract: An imaging member having a substrate, an electroconducting layer having an electroconducting particle of a core and outer shell, an interfacial layer, and a charge transport layer with charge transport materials dispersed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Wu, Yuhua Tong, Geoffrey M T. Foley, Liang-Bih Lin, Jennifer Y. Hwang
  • Patent number: 7325917
    Abstract: An offset printing apparatus for transferring a phase change ink onto a print medium having a phase change ink component for applying a phase change ink in a phase change ink image; an imaging member for accepting the phase change ink image from the phase change ink component, and transferring the phase change ink image from the imaging member to the print medium, and a transfix pressure member positioned in association with the imaging member, wherein the print medium passes through a nip formed between the imaging member and the transfix pressure member, and wherein the imaging member exerts pressure on the transfix pressure member so as to transfer and fuse the phase change ink image from the imaging member to the print medium, and further wherein the transfix pressure member includes a substrate; an underlayer positioned thereon; an intermediate layer positioned on the underlayer; and an outer layer positioned on the intermediate layer and the outer layer has a modulus of from about 1 to about 50 MPa, a t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Kohne, Santokh S. Badesha, Edward B. Caruthers, Jr., Anthony Yeznach, Anthony S. Condello, James P. Calamita, James E. Williams
  • Patent number: 7322689
    Abstract: An offset printing apparatus for transferring a phase change ink onto a print medium having a phase change ink component for applying a phase change ink in a phase change ink image; an imaging member for accepting the phase change ink image from the phase change ink component, and transferring the phase change ink image from the imaging member to the print medium, and a transfix pressure member positioned in association with the imaging member, wherein the print medium passes through a nip formed between the imaging member and the transfix pressure member, and wherein the imaging member exerts pressure on the transfix pressure member so as to transfer and fuse the phase change ink image from the imaging member to the print medium, and further wherein the transfix pressure member includes a substrate; an intermediate layer positioned on the substrate; and an outer layer on the intermediate layer and the outer layer has a modulus of from about 1 to about 50 MPa, a thickness of from about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Kohne, Santokh S. Badesha, Edward B. Caruthers, Jr., Anthony Yeznach, Bryan J. Roof, Donald M. Bott, James E. Williams, Michael C. Gordon
  • Patent number: 7297457
    Abstract: An imaging member having a substrate, a charge transport layer having a polymer and a first charge transport material dispersed therein, and wherein the charge transport layer has a glass transition temperature of from about 10 to about 45° C.; and an overcoat layer on the charge transport layer, wherein the overcoat layer includes a second polymer and a second charge transport material dispersed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony M. Horgan, Robert C. U. Yu, Satchidanand Mishra, Richard L. Post, Edward F. Grabowski, Min-Hong Fu, Kathleen M. Carmichael, David M. Skinner
  • Patent number: 7294377
    Abstract: A fuser member with a supporting substrate having an outer surface layer of a fluoroelastomer, and the fluoroelastomer outer surface layer is prepared by: a) dissolving a fluoroelastomer; b) adding and reacting a biphenyl compound and an amino silane having amino functionality to form a homogeneous fluoroelastomer solution; and c) subsequently providing a surface layer of the resulting homogeneous fluoroelastomer solution to the supporting substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Gervasi, George A. Riehle, Laurence J. Lynd, Theodore Lovallo
  • Patent number: 7280791
    Abstract: A weldable intermediate transfer belt having a substrate with a homogeneous composition of polyaniline in an amount of from about 2 to about 25 percent by weight of total solids, and a thermoplastic polyimide in an amount of from about 75 to about 98 percent by weight of total solids, and the polyaniline has a particle size of from about 0.5 to about 5.0 microns, and an apparatus for forming images on a recording medium and incorporating the intermediate transfer belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Donald J. Goodman, Satish R. Parikh, Edward F. Grabowski, Matthew J. Torpey, M John Hinckel, Michael S. Roetker, Markus R. Silvestri, John J. Darcy, III, David W. Martin, Scott J. Griffin, Felix J. Santana, Robert J. Flanagan, Joellen Simone, Robert C. U. Yu, John P. Kerwawycz, Satchidanand Mishra
  • Patent number: 7244485
    Abstract: A seamed flexible belt having a substrate and a seam having interlocking seam members, wherein the interlocking seam members are held together by an adhesive having polyamide and an optional electrically conductive filler, for use in electrostatographic, contact electrostatic, digital and other like printing machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph A. Mosher, T. Edwin Freeman, Theodore Lovallo, Damodar M. Pai, John F. Yanus, Timothy J. Fuller, Markus R. Silvestri, Gerald M. Fletcher, Antonio DeCrescentis, Ihor W. Tarnawskyj
  • Patent number: 7239826
    Abstract: A process for renewing an outer surface of a used fuser roller by removing debris particles from the surface including contacting the outer surface with a first finishing paper while simultaneously rotating the used fuser roller so that the first finishing paper completes a first superfinishing of the outer layer; b) optionally contacting the outer surface with a second finishing paper while simultaneously rotating the used fuser roller so that the second finishing paper completes a second superfinishing of the outer layer; c) optionally contacting the outer surface with a third finishing paper while simultaneously rotating the used fuser roller so that the third finishing paper completes a third superfinishing of the outer layer; and d) repeating a) until obtaining a first measured gloss value of from about 10 to about 50 GGU, optionally repeating b) until obtaining a second measured gloss value of from about 30 to about 70 GGU, and optionally repeating c) until obtaining a third measured gloss value of from
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Alan R. Kuntz, Frank P. Sgabellone, Saquiequois J. Bissouma