Patents by Inventor Eric Van Weverberg

Eric Van Weverberg 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).

  • Apparatus and method for release agent application and cleaning of a fuser surface using a release agent impregnated web
    Patent number: 7979014
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to condition the fuser surface of a fusing or transfusing apparatus for a toner based printing system is described. The apparatus and method integrate the functions of cleaning paper debris and residual toner from the fuser (or transfuse) surface on one hand and the application of a release agent such as silicone oil on the other hand using a single release agent impregnated web. The inventive device includes a release agent application roller and a cleaning roller where the outer surfaces and are selected in preferred embodiments for their respective wetting properties with respect to the release agent used. The fuser surface conditioning device increases the useful life for a fusing or transfusing roll or belt even when low amounts of release agent are applied to the fusing surface such that the amount of release agent that is transferred to the print media is in the range of 0.5 to 5 mg/A4 sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Xeikon Manufacturing NV
    Inventors: Maarten Achten, Kurt Mampaey, Dirk Broddin, Eric Van Weverberg
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RELEASE AGENT APPLICATION AND CLEANING OF A FUSER SURFACE USING A RELEASE AGENT IMPREGNATED WEB
    Publication number: 20090123200
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to condition the fuser surface of a fusing or transfusing apparatus for a toner based printing system is described. The apparatus and method integrate the functions of cleaning paper debris and residual toner from the fuser (or transfuse) surface on one hand and the application of a release agent such as silicone oil on the other hand using a single release agent impregnated web. The inventive device includes a release agent application roller and a cleaning roller where the outer surfaces and are selected in preferred embodiments for their respective wetting properties with respect to the release agent used. The fuser surface conditioning device increases the useful life for a fusing or transfusing roll or belt even when low amounts of release agent are applied to the fusing surface such that the amount of release agent that is transferred to the print media is in the range of 0.5 to 5 mg/A4 sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Maarten Achten, Kurt Mampaey, Dirk Broddin, Eric Van Weverberg