Patents by Inventor Bruno Cestari

Bruno Cestari 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: 4486091
    Abstract: The photocopier uses a development process employing a magnetic brush formed on a rotating sleeve (102) of non-magnetic material in which a system of permanent magnets (108) rotates. The outer surface of the sleeve is subjected to a sandblasting process after grinding in order to create a very uniform finely roughened surface in order to make the thickness of the toner layer forming the magnetic brush constant. The photocopier also employs a toner fixing system operating cold and under pressure by means of a pair of rollers (56, 58) of different diameter rotating at the same angular speed in order to create slippage of the upper roller relative to the lower roller for the purpose of obtaining perfectly flat copies. The copier also contains a single circuit board (80) for the low voltage and high voltage supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignee: Ing. C. Olivetti & C., S.p.A.
    Inventors: Bruno Cestari, Riccardo Forlani, Piero Gontero
  • Patent number: 4065121
    Abstract: Device for detaching a copy sheet from the photoconductive drum of an electrophotographic copying machine, wherein the drum has a radial protuberance to which the leading edge of the copy sheet is held by electrostatic attraction and wherein a pick off finger is fixedly mounted adjacent the periphery of the drum at such a distance from the periphery to engage the drum, during its rotation, only in correspondence with the protuberance, so as to detach the copy sheet from the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1977
    Assignee: Ing. C. Olivetti & C., S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio Siletto, Piero Bena, Bruno Cestari