Patents by Inventor Devin Richard Bailly
Devin Richard Bailly 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).
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Patent number: 8672470Abstract: A method implemented in an imaging device senses the remaining life of a drum maintenance system in the imaging device. The method includes detecting a buoyant member, which is pivotably coupled to a proboscis extending from an end cap of a reservoir in a reservoir of the DMU, reaching a predetermined position in the reservoir and then updating an estimate of the remaining release agent in the reservoir with reference to a total media area and total inked area.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Edward F. Burress, Michael Joel Edwards, Joseph Benjamin Gault, Michael Cameron Gordon, Devin Richard Bailly, Frank Alexander Weissig, Barry Daniel Reeves
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Publication number: 20130241989Abstract: A method implemented in an imaging device senses the remaining life of a drum maintenance system in the imaging device. The method includes detecting a buoyant member, which is pivotably coupled to a proboscis extending from an end cap of a reservoir in a reservoir of the DMU, reaching a predetermined position in the reservoir and then updating an estimate of the remaining release agent in the reservoir with reference to a total media area and total inked area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Edward F. Burress, Michael Joel Edwards, Joseph Benjamin Gault, Michael Cameron Gordon, Devin Richard Bailly, Frank Alexander Weissig, Barry Daniel Reeves
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Patent number: 8496327Abstract: A drum maintenance system for use in an imaging device includes a reservoir for the storage of release agent used by the drum maintenance unit. The reservoir includes a bottle, an end cap, and a float sensor. The float sensor has a buoyant member that is pivotably coupled to a proboscis extending from the end cap into the bottle and movement of the buoyant member enables detection of the release agent in the bottle reaching a predetermined level.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Edward F. Burress, Michael Joel Edwards, Joseph Benjamin Gault, Michael Cameron Gordon, Devin Richard Bailly, Frank Alexander Weissig, Barry Daniel Reeves
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Publication number: 20120194601Abstract: A drum maintenance system for use in an imaging device includes a reservoir for the storage of release agent used by the drum maintenance unit. The reservoir includes a bottle, an end cap, and a float sensor. The float sensor has a buoyant member that is pivotably coupled to a proboscis extending from the end cap into the bottle and movement of the buoyant member enables detection of the release agent in the bottle reaching a predetermined level.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Edward F. Burress, Michael Joel Edwards, Joseph Benjamin Gault, Michael Cameron Gordon, Devin Richard Bailly, Frank Alexander Weissig, Barry Daniel Reeves
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Patent number: 8152293Abstract: A drum maintenance system for use in an imaging device includes a reservoir for the storage of release agent used by the drum maintenance unit. The reservoir includes a bottle, an end cap, and a float sensor. The float sensor operates to detect the release agent in the bottle reaching a predetermined minimum level.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2011Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Edward F. Burress, Michael Joel Edwards, Joseph Benjamin Gault, Michael Cameron Gordon, Devin Richard Bailly, Frank Alexander Weissig, Barry Daniel Reeves
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Patent number: 8042930Abstract: A method of servicing a customer replaceable unit of an imaging device includes providing a customer replaceable unit configured for insertion and removal from an imaging device. The customer replaceable unit includes at least an applicator configured to apply a release agent to a surface of an intermediate transfer drum of the imaging device, a reservoir including a supply of the release agent for the applicator, a delivery pump configured to pump release agent from the reservoir to the applicator, a recirculation pump configured to pump release agent from the applicator to the reservoir, and a memory including operational data for the customer replaceable unit. A maintenance procedure is then performed on the customer replaceable unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Edward F. Burress, Michael Joel Edwards, Joseph Benjamin Gault, Michael Cameron Gordon, Devin Richard Bailly, Frank Alexander Weissig, Barry Daniel Reeves
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Publication number: 20110197669Abstract: A drum maintenance system for use in an imaging device includes a reservoir for the storage of release agent used by the drum maintenance unit. The reservoir includes a bottle, an end cap, and a float sensor. The float sensor operates to detect the release agent in the bottle reaching a predetermined minimum level.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Edward F. Burress, Michael Joel Edwards, Joseph Benjamin Gault, Michael Cameron Gordon, Devin Richard Bailly, Frank Alexander Weissig, Barry Daniel Reeves
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Patent number: 7931363Abstract: A drum maintenance system for use in an imaging device includes an applicator configured to apply a release agent to a surface of an intermediate transfer drum of an imaging device at a first flow rate, and a reservoir spaced from the applicator including a supply of the release agent for the applicator. A first fluid path fluidly couples the reservoir to the applicator for delivering release agent to the applicator; and a second fluid path fluidly couples the applicator to the reservoir for recirculating release agent back to the reservoir. A delivery pump is configured to pump release agent from the reservoir to the applicator via the first fluid path at a second flow rate; and a recirculation pump is configured to pump release agent from the applicator to the reservoir at a third flow rate. The second flow rate is greater than the first flow rate, and the third flow rate is greater than the second flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2009Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Edward F. Burress, Michael Joel Edwards, Joseph Benjamin Gault, Michael Cameron Gordon, Devin Richard Bailly, Frank Alexander Weissig, Barry Daniel Reeves
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Publication number: 20100271450Abstract: A drum maintenance system for use in an imaging device includes an applicator configured to apply a release agent to a surface of an intermediate transfer drum of an imaging device at a first flow rate, and a reservoir spaced from the applicator including a supply of the release agent for the applicator. A first fluid path fluidly couples the reservoir to the applicator for delivering release agent to the applicator; and a second fluid path fluidly couples the applicator to the reservoir for recirculating release agent back to the reservoir. A delivery pump is configured to pump release agent from the reservoir to the applicator via the first fluid path at a second flow rate; and a recirculation pump is configured to pump release agent from the applicator to the reservoir at a third flow rate. The second flow rate is greater than the first flow rate, and the third flow rate is greater than the second flow rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2009Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Edward F. Burress, Michael Joel Edwards, Joseph Benjamin Gault, Michael Cameron Gordon, Devin Richard Bailly, Frank Alexander Weissig, Barry Daniel Reeves
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Publication number: 20100271451Abstract: A method of servicing a customer replaceable unit of an imaging device includes providing a customer replaceable unit configured for insertion and removal from an imaging device. The customer replaceable unit includes at least an applicator configured to apply a release agent to a surface of an intermediate transfer drum of the imaging device, a reservoir including a supply of the release agent for the applicator, a delivery pump configured to pump release agent from the reservoir to the applicator, a recirculation pump configured to pump release agent from the applicator to the reservoir, and a memory including operational data for the customer replaceable unit. A maintenance procedure is then performed on the customer replaceable unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2009Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Edward F. Burress, Michael Joel Edwards, Joseph Benjamin Gault, Michael Cameron Gordon, Devin Richard Bailly, Frank Alexander Weissig, Barry Daniel Reeves