Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Talum I. Nguti
  • Patent number: 6553197
    Abstract: A noise-free silencer assembly is provided that is suitable for reducing self-vibration noises and screeching noises between a cleaning blade and the imaging member of an electrostatographic reproduction machine. The noise-free silencer assembly comprises a C-shaped cross-section elongate member having (a) a longitudinal axis, a wall defining an interior cavity for containing at least a partially compressed high density polymeric open cell foam, (b) a slot formed in the wall extending generally longitudinally and at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the C-shaped cross-section member, and (c) a hinge recess also formed in the wall extending generally longitudinally, for reducing self-vibration noises and screeching noises between a cleaning blade and an imaging member of an electrostatographic reproduction machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Leenhouts, Warren F. Brydges, George A. Schutt, Richard J. Manzolati