Patents by Inventor Earl Gregory Gomes

Earl Gregory Gomes 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: 8358957
    Abstract: Electrographic printing wherein raised information, with a distinct tactile feel, can be printed by electrographic techniques. Such electrographic printing comprises the steps of forming a desired print image, electrographically, on a receiver member utilizing standard size marking particles; and in an area of the formed print image, where desired tactile feel, raised information is to be formed, selectively forming such tactile feel, raised information utilizing marking particles of a substantially larger size than the standard size marking particles of the desired print image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Thomas Nathaniel Tombs, Arun Chowdry, Hwai-Tzuu Tai, Dinesh Tyagi, Muhammed Aslam, Earl Gregory Gomes
  • Publication number: 20080159786
    Abstract: Electrographic printing wherein raised information, with a distinct tactile feel, can be printed by electrographic techniques. Such electrographic printing comprises the steps of forming a desired print image, electrographically, on a receiver member utilizing standard size marking particles; and in an area of the formed print image, where desired tactile feel, raised information is to be formed, selectively forming such tactile feel, raised information utilizing marking particles of a substantially larger size than the standard size marking particles of the desired print image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Nathaniel Tombs, Arun Chowdry, Hwai-Tzuu Tai, Dinesh Tyagi, Muhammed Aslam, Earl Gregory Gomes
  • Patent number: 5794111
    Abstract: A method and apparatus which forms a desired toner image on a receiver are disclosed. The method comprises transferring marking toner particles from an intermediate transfer member to a receiver in the presence of an electric field which urges the marking toner particles toward said receiver. When transferring the marking toner particles to the intermediate transfer member, the surface of the intermediate transfer member contacts non-marking toner particles in some areas which receive marking toner. The marking toner comprises toner particles having transfer assisting particles adhering to the surfaces of the toner particles, said transfer assisting particles having a number average diameter of less than 0.4 .mu.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Thomas Nataniel Tombs, John Walter May, Earl Gregory Gomes