Patents by Inventor Diane M. Herrick
Diane M. Herrick 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: 8580331Abstract: Electrographic printing of one or more multi-channeled layers produces a specialty item. Such electrographic printing includes forming a desired print image, electrographically, on a receiver member utilizing predetermined sized marking particles; and, where desired, forming one or more final multi-channeled layers utilizing marking particles of a predetermined size or size distribution.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Donna P. Suchy, Diane M. Herrick
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Patent number: 8041264Abstract: Electrographic printing of one or more multi-channeled layers having a particular pattern by electrographic techniques. Such electrographic printing includes the steps of forming a desired print image, electrographically, on a receiver member utilizing predetermined sized marking particles; and, where desired, forming one or more final multi-channeled layers utilizing marking particles of a predetermined size or size distribution.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2009Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Donna P. Suchy, Diane M. Herrick
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Publication number: 20110073356Abstract: The electrographic printing of one or more multi-channeled layers having a particular pattern by electrographic techniques that produces a specialty item electrographically. Such electrographic printing comprises the steps of forming a desired print image, electrographically, on a receiver member utilizing predetermined sized marking particles; and, where desired, forming one or more final multi-channeled layers utilizing marking particles of a predetermined size or size distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2009Publication date: March 31, 2011Inventors: Donna P. Suchy, Diane M. Herrick
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Publication number: 20110076059Abstract: The electrographic printing of one or more multi-channeled layers having a particular pattern by electrographic techniques that produces a specialty item electrographically. Such electrographic printing comprises the steps of forming a desired print image, electrographically, on a receiver member utilizing predetermined sized marking particles; and, where desired, forming one or more final multi-channeled layers utilizing marking particles of a predetermined size or size distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2009Publication date: March 31, 2011Inventors: Donna P. Suchy, Diane M. Herrick
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Patent number: 7643175Abstract: A system and method for enhancing a print using a color imaging system are provided. The automatic color enhancement system results in digital prints that have a photographic “look and feel” by using special profiles and adjustments that capture the traditional photographic image process of photo-like color and tone scale reproduction to RGB-encoded picture elements and to be used to combine in with electrophotographic process media ICC profile.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Hwai-Tzuu Tai, Diane M. Herrick, Stephen E. Johnson, Christopher M. Heinz, Chung-Hui Kuo
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Publication number: 20090317107Abstract: Electrographic printing of one or more multi-channeled layers having a particular pattern by electrographic techniques. Such electrographic printing includes the steps of forming a desired print image, electrographically, on a receiver member utilizing predetermined sized marking particles; and, where desired, forming one or more final multi-channeled layers utilizing marking particles of a predetermined size or size distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2009Publication date: December 24, 2009Inventors: Donna P. Suchy, Diane M. Herrick
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Patent number: 7616917Abstract: Electrographic printing of one or more multi-channeled layers having a particular pattern by electrographic techniques. Such electrographic printing includes the steps of forming a desired print image, electrographically, on a receiver member utilizing predetermined sized marking particles; and, where desired, forming one or more final multi-channeled layers utilizing marking particles of a predetermined size or size distribution.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2007Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Donna P. Suchy, Diane M. Herrick
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Publication number: 20090142100Abstract: Electrographic printing of one or more multi-channeled layers having a particular pattern by electrographic techniques. Such electrographic printing comprises the steps of forming a desired print image, electrographically, on a receiver member utilizing predetermined sized marking particles; and, where desired, forming one or more final multi-channeled layers utilizing marking particles of a predetermined size or size distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2007Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: Donna P. Suchy, Diane M. Herrick
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Publication number: 20090116882Abstract: The present invention is a method of forming a toner image on a receiving sheet. The method includes forming an electrostatic image on a primary image member and toning the image with a dry toner to form a toner image. The toner includes toner particles having a diameter of between 4 and 10 microns and transfer assisting particles appended to the toner particles surface. The transfer assisting particles have a diameter of between 20 and 100 nm. The toner image is transferred from the primary image member to an intermediate image member having an overcoat layer, the overcoat layer having a Young's modulus of from 250 to 500 MPa. The toner image is transferred from the intermediate image member to a receiving sheet wherein the intermediate image member drives the primary image member or the receiving sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2009Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventors: Donald S. Rimai, Biao Tan, Craig M. Cody, Rodney R. Bucks, Charles E. Hewitt, M.Cristina B. Dejesus, Paul L. Nielsen, Diane M. Herrick
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Patent number: 7488563Abstract: The present invention is a method of forming a toner image on a receiving sheet. The method includes forming an electrostatic image on a primary image member and toning the image with a dry toner to form a toner image. The toner includes toner particles having a diameter of between 4 and 10 microns and transfer assisting particles appended to the toner particles surface. The transfer assisting particles have a diameter of between 20 and 100 nm. The toner image is transferred from the primary image member to an intermediate image member having an overcoat layer, the overcoat layer having a Young's modulus of from 250 to 500 MPa. The toner image is transferred from the intermediate image member to a receiving sheet wherein the intermediate image member drives the primary image member or the receiving sheet.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2005Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Donald S. Rimai, Biao Tan, Craig M. Cody, Rodney R. Bucks, Charles E. Hewitt, M. Cristina B. Dejesus, Paul L. Nielsen, Diane M. Herrick
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Patent number: 7400759Abstract: This invention relates to a method for testing a plastic sleeve for use with an image cylinder or a blanket cylinder in an electrophotographic process.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2004Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Steven O. Cormier, Diane M. Herrick, David R. Jackson
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Publication number: 20080144141Abstract: A system and method for enhancing a print using a color imaging system are provided. The automatic color enhancement system results in digital prints that have a photographic “look and feel” by using special profiles and adjustments that capture the traditional photographic image process of photo-like color and tone scale reproduction to RGB-encoded picture elements and to be used to combine in with electrophotographic process media ICC profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2006Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Hwai-Tzuu Tai, Diane M. Herrick, Stephen E. Johnson, Christopher M. Heinz, Chung-Hui Kuo
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Patent number: 7236734Abstract: A color electrostatographic printer apparatus applies respective color separation toner images to a receiver member to form a color image. A fuser station fuses, or at least tacks, the color image to the receiver. A clear toner overcoat is then applied to the fused color toner image using an inverse mask, and enhanced glossing of the image is provided by a belt glosser to improve color gamut.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2005Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Yee S. Ng, Hwai-Tzuu Tai, Diane M. Herrick
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Patent number: 6954603Abstract: In order to prevent an imaging forming process of an electrostatographic reproduction apparatus from becoming contaminated with fuser release oil, a substantially uniform layer of pigmented marking particles from a development subsystem of the image forming process is deposited onto a photoconductive member of the image forming process during any non-imaging cycles of the process, including cycle down, non-imaging skip frames, or recovery from a receiver jam. The substantially uniform layer of pigmented marking particles acts as a barrier to block fuser release oil from the photoconductive member and as a vehicle to carry away contaminating fuser release oil.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2003Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Kenneth J. Brown, Amy J. Deyaeger, David E. Hockey, Thomas N. Tombs, Diane M. Herrick, David M. Rakov
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Publication number: 20040120742Abstract: Preventing the imaging forming process of an electrostatographic reproduction apparatus from becoming contaminated with fuser release oil. A substantially uniform layer of the pigmented marking particles from the development subsystem of the image forming process is deposited onto the photoconductive member of the image forming process during any non-imaging cycles of the process, including cycle down, non-imaging skip frames, or recovery from a receiver jam. The substantially uniform layer of pigmented marking particles acts as a barrier to block fuser release oil from the photoconductive member and as a vehicle to carry away contaminating fuser release oil.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2003Publication date: June 24, 2004Applicants: NexPress Solutions LLC, Heidelberg Digital LLCInventors: Kenneth J. Brown, Amy J. Deyaeger, David E. Hockey, Thomas N. Tombs, Diane M. Herrick, David M. Rakov
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Patent number: 6608641Abstract: A printer for printing color toner images on a receiver member of any of a variety of textures. The printer has a number of tandemly arranged electrophotographic image-forming modules respectively including a plurality of imaging subsystems to form a colored toner image transferred to a receiver member, the transfer of toner images from each of the modules forming a color print of the receiver member which is fused to form a desired color print. The image quality of the color print is produced by control of nonoperational co-optimization of fusing parameters and imaging subsystem parameters enabling printing on the variety of textures of receiver member.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2002Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: Nexpress Solutions LLCInventors: Peter Steven Alexandrovich, Richard George Allen, Muhammed Aslam, Jiann-Hsing Chen, Diane M. Herrick, Robert Arthur Lancaster, Yee Seung Ng, Joseph A. Pavlisko, Hwai-Tzuu Tai, Thomas Nathaniel Tombs
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Patent number: 6605399Abstract: A photoconductive sleeved primary image-forming member roller for use in an electrophotographic machine comprising a central member including a rigid cylindrical core member and a compliant layer formed on the core member; and a flexible, replaceable, removable, photoconductive sleeve member in the form of an endless tubular belt that surrounds and nonadhesively intimately contacts the central member.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2002Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: NexPress Solutions LLCInventors: Arun Chowdry, Steven Cormier, Dennis Grabb, Diane M. Herrick, John W. May, Edward T. Miskinis, Michel F. Molaire, Biao Tan, Thomas N. Tombs
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Patent number: 6541171Abstract: A photoconductive sleeved primary image-forming member roller for use in an electrophotographic machine comprising a central member including a rigid cylindrical core member and a compliant layer formed on the core member; and a flexible replaceable removable photoconductive sleeve member in the form of an endless tubular belt that surrounds and non-adhesively intimately contacts the central member.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2000Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: NexPress Solutions LLCInventors: Arun Chowdry, Steven Cormier, Dennis Grabb, Diane M. Herrick, John W. May, Edward T. Miskinis, Michel F. Molaire, Biao Tan, Thomas N. Tombs
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Publication number: 20030044704Abstract: A photoconductive sleeved primary image forming member roller for use in an electrophotographic machine comprising a central member including a rigid cylindrical core member and a compliant layer formed on the core member; and a flexible replaceable removable photoconductive sleeve member in the form of an endless tubular belt that surrounds and nonadhesively intimately contacts the central member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Inventors: Arun Chowdry, Steven Cormier, Dennis Grabb, Diane M. Herrick, John W. May, Edward T. Miskinis, Michel F. Molaire, Biao Tan, Thomas N. Tombs
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Patent number: 6393226Abstract: An intermediate transfer member (IT) roller for use in an electrostatographic recording apparatus comprising a core member; a compliant layer covering the core member; and a stiffening layer covering the compliant layer, wherein the stiffening layer includes an endless belt that has a thickness in the range of greater than 50 and up to 1000 micrometers.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2000Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: NexPress Solutions LLCInventors: Robert Charlebois, Arun Chowdry, Craig M. Cody, Earl Gomes, Dennis Grabb, Diane M. Herrick, Bonnie Patterson, Dean R. Smith, Kenneth E. Stack, Biao Tan, Thomas Tombs, Joseph A. Pavlisko