Patents Examined by R. J. Stanzione
  • Compact magnetic bead pick-off device
    Patent number: 5081503
    Abstract: Carrier bead pick-off device including a magnet assembly and an enclosure in which the magnet assembly is reciprocated between a first position where carrier beads are picked off the photoreceptor and a second position where the carrier beads are caused to be returned to a developer housing structure. The enclosure in one embodiment of the invention forms part of the developer housing structure. The magnet is retracted such that it follows the contour of the enclosure so that the carrier beads are swept into the developer housing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1992
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Delmer G. Parker, William M. Allen