Patents by Inventor Charles John Bennett

Charles John Bennett 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).

  • Publication number: 20100295240
    Abstract: A large format stacking tray in an image production device is disclosed. The large format stacking tray may include a tray body of a first length that may be attachable to a stacker device in a finishing module of the image production device, and a tray top surface located on top of the tray body on which a media stack containing one or more media sheets rests upon after being output by the image production device. The tray top surface has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The tray top surface may be sloped between the first end and the second end in a manner that permits media sheets that are longer than the first length to be output and stacked onto the stacker device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles Raymond Brewer, III, Timothy Gordon Shelhart, Steven David Olson, Charles John Bennett, Piotr Sokolowshi, Matthew Ryan McLaughlin, David R. Kretschmann
  • Patent number: 6201556
    Abstract: A mechanism for supporting said light-emitting device in said reproduction apparatus in an electrographic reproduction apparatus having a light-emitting device for forming, on a dielectric support member, a charge pattern corresponding image-wise to information to be reproduced. The light-emitting device support mechanism includes a carriage attached to the reproduction apparatus and movable relative thereto to a first operative position and a second remote position. A pivot mechanism is supported by the carriage so as to provide a pivot axis, the light-emitting device being mounted on the pivot mechanism for movement about the pivot axis. A reference feature is located in the reproduction apparatus, the reference feature located in a predetermined relation relative to the dielectric support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Nexpress Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Charles John Bennett, Carl Allen Luft, Jay Leroy Margut, William David Van Arsdale
  • Patent number: 6195518
    Abstract: A web-tracking control apparatus including a mechanism for monitoring the cross-track force exerted on a moving flexible web as the web is transported along a desired travel path, and a control circuit utilizing the monitored force to provide for feedback control to correct tracking of the moving web. The web-tracking control apparatus for controlling the movement of a flexible web traveling about an adjustable support member includes at least one web edge contacting member contacting a marginal edge of the flexible web. A pivot assembly is operatively associated with the web edge contacting member while said web edge contacting member is in contact with a marginal edge of said flexible web. The pivot assembly is capable of deflecting a predetermined amount proportional to the force of the flexible web on the edge contacting member. A cross-track force monitoring mechanism is operatively associated with the pivot assembly for producing a signal representative of deflection of the pivot assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Inventors: Charles John Bennett, Larry Thomas Schlitzer