Patents Assigned to Xerox
  • TONER COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20070254229
    Abstract: A toner composition includes a styrene-based polymer resin, a crystalline polyester wax, a second wax different from the crystalline polyester wax, a colorant, and a coagulant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raj D. PATEL, Edward G. ZWARTZ, T. Brian MCANENEY, Edward C. HANZLIK, Alan R. KUNTZ
  • Image forming apparatus and transfer unit
    Publication number: 20070253754
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, includes: a belt-like member that is capable of cyclic rotation; a plurality of support members, along which the belt-like member is stretched; a first member that is located along an inner face of the belt-like member; and a regulator that is located opposite the inner face of the belt-like member, wherein the regulator maintains a cyclic rotating state for the belt-like member while ensuring the first member is separated by a gap from the belt-like member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Kobayashi, Masaki Suto
  • USER GENERATED TONAL REPRODUCTION CURVE (TRC) CONTROL FOR MONOCHROME PRINTERS
    Publication number: 20070253009
    Abstract: A tool to create a TRC (Tonal Reproduction Curve) file on an monochrome image formation device that relates “input” grayscale values of a source file and the desired “output” (printed) grayscale values. By adjusting this curve, i.e., mapping selected input values to new output values, the file will be reproduced with tonal ranges which have been broadened and/or compressed as appropriate. The TRC is applied when the desired print file is released for reproduction thereby allowing the user to choose a desired curve at a print queue level to adjust each print file as desired. The adjustments remap what the decomposer would normally produce to a more appropriate range of tonal variations to emphasize image characteristics and value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard T. HORN, Alexandra D. RUEGG
  • EXTERNAL ADDITIVE COMPOSITION AND PROCESS
    Publication number: 20070254230
    Abstract: A process for toner preparation includes forming toner particles by mixing an emuslion comprising at least binder resin and a colorant, aggregating the toner particles, and blending external additives with the toner particles in a blender to form a toner, wherein the blender has a blend intensity of from about 90.5 to about 100.5 W/lb, a specific blend energy of from about 20.3 to about 35.3 W-h/lb and a blender loading density of from about 0.25 to about 0.55 lb/L.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juan A. Morales-Tirado, Daniel A. Harrington, William H. Hollenbaugh, Vladislav Skorokhod, Wafa F. Bashir, Jackie B. Parker, Robert E. Grace, James M. Chappell, Karen A. Moffat, Richard P.N. Veregin, Cuong Vong
  • Image forming device
    Publication number: 20070251405
    Abstract: An image forming device has: a cassette that accommodates a recording medium and that can be pulled out from a front surface of a device main body; and a lock unit locking the cassette to a rear surface of the device main body. The lock unit may have: a lock hole formed in a peripheral wall of the cassette; a bracket mounted to a rear surface side of the device main body; a lock having a rod, that passes through a hole formed in the bracket and that is inserted in the lock hole, and a hook, that is formed at the rod and that hooks on the lock hole; and a wire connecting the lock and a heavy object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kurokawa, Toshimitsu Kobayashi
  • Toner cartridge
    Publication number: 20070253748
    Abstract: A toner cartridge can be attached to and detached from an apparatus main body. The toner cartridge includes an outer housing having a substantially rectangular upper cross section and a substantially semi-circular lower cross section, and an inner housing that is disposed inside of a lower portion of the outer housing and that has a cylindrical shape with an opening formed at its side surface, the inner housing being rotatably supported in the lower portion of the outer housing, and at the opening a bridging portion being formed along a longitudinal direction of the inner housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuji Matsumoto, Hiromitsu Koizumi, Chiharu Nakajima
  • Novel thiophene-containing compound and thiophene-containing compound polymer, organic electroluminescent device, production method thereof, and image display medium
    Publication number: 20070252519
    Abstract: Provided are a thiophene-containing compound represented by the following formula (X-1), and an organic electroluminescent device that includes a pair of electrodes and an organic compound layer disposed therebetween. The organic compound layer includes a charge-transporting polyester having a repeating structure containing at least one structure selected from the structures represented by the following formulae (I-1) and (I-2) as its partial structure. In formula (X-1), Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent aromatic group; and R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; and n? is an integer of 1 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ohba, Kazuaki Sato, Mieko Seki, Hidekazu Hirose, Takeshi Agata, Koji Horiba, Akira Imai, Tadayoshi Ozaki, Yohei Nishino, Hirohito Yoneyama, Daisuke Okuda, Toru Ishii, Kiyokazu Mashimo, Katsuhiro Sato
  • Heat roller
    Publication number: 20070254125
    Abstract: A heat roller having a cylindrical sheet-like heating element having a resistance member embedded in an insulating member. The sheet-like heating element is arranged between an inner tube and an outer tube. The outer tube is formed so as to be longer than the inner tube for reducing non-uniformity in heat of the heat roller. Further, a thermal expansion coefficient of a material of the outer tube is greater than that of a material of the inner tube. Moreover, a triple-tube heat roller is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Mori, Koichi Sanpei, Masatoshi Kimura, Masao Konishi
  • PHASE CHANGE INK ADDITIVES
    Publication number: 20070252879
    Abstract: A phase change ink having an ink vehicle and a conductivity enhancing agent. The conductivity enhancing agent may be an organic salt derived from an organic base having at least one long hydrocarbon chain and an acid. The inks described herein have a consistent electrical conductivity and may be used as an input signal for an ink reservoir level sensing in ink jet devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Banning, Wolfgang Wedler
  • System and method for enhancing stored binary images
    Publication number: 20070253631
    Abstract: A multifunction apparatus and method for enhancing store binary image data, is disclosed. The method includes retrieving the stored binary image data, converting the binary image data into higher-resolution image data, determining image enhancement processes, and applying the image enhancement processes to the higher-resolution image data to produce an enhanced image. The method further includes determining output format of the enhanced image and outputting the enhanced image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Peter McCandlish, Ramesh Nagarajan, Clara Cuciurean-Zapan
  • TONER COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20070254228
    Abstract: A toner composition includes toner particles including a polymeric resin, a colorant, a wax, and an optional coagulant, and a coagulant applied as a surface additive to a surface of the toner particles to alter a triboelectric charge of the toner particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Valerie Farrugia, Raj Patel, Michael Hawkins
  • HINGED MODULE COUPLING WITH INTEGRATED CABLE CONNECTION
    Publication number: 20070254495
    Abstract: A hinge includes a first housing, a second housing mechanically coupled to the first housing, a cam connected to one of the first housing and the second housing, a first connector mechanically coupled to the first housing, a second connector, and a cable coupled to the first connector and the second connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Arndt, Ronald Dillon
  • Processes for preparing difunctional compounds
    Publication number: 20070255038
    Abstract: Processes for preparing diacryl-functional compounds are provided. Processes include reacting AB2 monomers with acryloyl halides, and then further reacting with long-chain, mono-functional aliphatic compounds to form long-chain diacrylates. Further processes include reacting difunctional tic compounds with acrylic acid to form difunctional diacrylate, and diacrylamide compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Peter G. Odell, Rina Carlini, Lu Jiang
  • Image forming apparatus
    Publication number: 20070253728
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an image holding member, an image forming section that forms an image on the image holding member, a main frame that houses at least the image holding member and the image forming section, a cover body that is mounted to the main frame so as to be able to tilt down and includes a side cover for opening and closing a side surface of the main frame and a top cover for opening and closing a top surface of the main frame; and a unit that is mounted to and dismounted from the side cover by moving in a vertical direction between the top cover and the main frame in a state where the cover body is tilted down, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeki Yamazaki
  • Vehicles for ink compositions
    Publication number: 20070254978
    Abstract: Vehicles for ink compositions are disclosed. The described ink vehicles includes at least one curable component, and optionally include initiating agents, colorants, non-curable components and other additives. Processes for preparing the ink vehicles and ink compositions containing the ink vehicles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Peter G. Odell, Jennifer Lynne Belelie, Raymond W. Wong
  • Toner cartridge and image forming apparatus
    Publication number: 20070253747
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toner cartridge of replaceable type that is removably loaded into an apparatus main body, the toner cartridge including: a first section that is substantially cylindrical shape and at which a toner conveying member is disposed; and a second section that is provided at a substantially central portion in a longitudinal direction of the toner cartridge, the substantially central portion being a portion other than an upstream side in a toner conveyance direction of the first section and a downstream side in the toner conveyance direction of the first section at which a toner supply opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Koizumi, Chiharu Nakajima, Takuji Matsumoto, Toyohiko Awano, Shigeki Nishimura, Mutsumi Kikuchi, Yasufumi Kayahara
  • Toner cartridge
    Publication number: 20070253743
    Abstract: The present invention provides an exchangeable toner cartridge which can be attached to or detached from an apparatus main body. The toner cartridge includes the toner transfer member which is provided along a longitudinal direction of the toner cartridge and which can rotate. At the first range of the upstream side in a toner transfer direction the toner transfer member is formed into a substantially spiral shape, and at the second range of the downstream side in the toner transfer direction on a side of a toner supply port, toner transfer member has a shape different from that of the first range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasufumi Kayahara, Takuji Matsumoto, Hiromitsu Koizumi, Chiharu Nakajima, Mutsumi Kikuchi, Toyohiko Awano, Shigeki Nishimura
  • ARYLAMINE PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20070254225
    Abstract: Processes for selectively hydrogenating double and/or triple bonds in organic molecules include providing at least one organic molecule containing a double and/or triple bond, providing at least one hydrogen donor molecule, and hydrogenating the double and/or triple bond in the presence of at least one catalyst. Processes for preparing arylamine molecules include selectively hydrogenating double bonds in arylamine compounds by providing at least one organic molecule containing a multiple bond, providing at least one hydrogen donor molecule, and hydrogenating the multiple bond in the presence of at least one catalyst. The processes provide efficient, cost-effective and safe methods for conducting selective hydrogenation reactions in the synthesis of organic molecules, such as charge-transport molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Leanne Murphy
  • FLUIDIZED BED REACTION APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20070254222
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for preparing sol-gel solutions are provided. Specicifically, apparatuses include a vessel optionally containing a stirrer; a pump; a fluidized bed reaction column; and multiple fluid lines. The multiple fluid lines connect the vessel and the pump in a first circulation loop and connect the vessel, the pump and the fluidized bed reaction column in a second circulation loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy BENDER, David Borbely, Frank Lee, Nan-Xing Hu
  • PROCESSES FOR PREPARING DIFUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20070255071
    Abstract: Processes for preparing diacryl-functional compounds are provided. Processes include reacting AB2 monomers with acryloyl halides, and then further reacting with long-chain, mono-functional aliphatic compounds to form long-chain diacrylates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Peter G. Odell, Rina Carlini, Lu Jiang