Patents by Inventor James M. Markovics

James M. Markovics 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: 5654117
    Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging member is prepared by applying a charge generating layer to an underlying layer and drying the charge generating layer at ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Richard H. Nealey, John M. Hammond, James M. Markovics, Walter H. Lerminiaux, Martha J. Stegbauer
  • Patent number: 5641599
    Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging member including a substrate, a hole blocking layer, an optional interface adhesive layer, a charge generating layer, and a charge transport layer, the blocking layer comprising solid finely divided organic electron transporting pigment particles having a short hole range, dispersed in a film forming polymer matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: James M. Markovics, Huoy-Jen Yuh, John S. Chambers
  • Patent number: 5613173
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying an electrical charge to a charge retentive surface, wherein a bias contact roll member is situated in contact with a surface of the photoreceptor. The bias contact roll member is supplied with an electrical bias including an oscillating voltage signal having a DC offset, wherein the oscillating voltage is clipped via a rectifier circuit to remove a predetermined polarity component thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Brendan W. Kunzmann, James D. Riehle, James M. Markovics
  • Patent number: 5602626
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying an electrical charge to a charge retentive surface by transporting ions through an ionically conductive liquid and transferring the ions to the member to be charged across the liquid/charge retentive surface interface. The ionically conductive liquid is contacted with the charge retentive surface for depositing ions onto the charge retentive surface via a wetted donor blade supported within a conductive housing, wherein the housing is coupled to an electrical power supply for applying an electrical potential to the ionically conductive liquid. In one specific embodiment, the charging apparatus includes a support blade for urging the donor blade into contact with the charge retentive surface and a wiping blade for wiping any liquid from the surface of the charge retentive surface as may have been transferred to the surface at the donor blade/charge retentive surface interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: John S. Facci, Michael J. Levy, Joseph Mammino, Richard B. Lewis, Martin A. Abkowitz, James M. Markovics
  • Patent number: 5532103
    Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging member includes a charge generating layer, a charge transport layer and an interphase region. The interphase region includes a mixture of a charge generating material and a charge transport material, in intimate contact, and may be formed, for example, by applying a charge transport material prior to drying or curing an underlying charge generating layer to produce an interphase structure that is different from the charge generating and charge transport layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: James M. Markovics, Richard H. Nealey
  • Patent number: 5521678
    Abstract: An electrostatographic imaging member assembly comprising a hollow electrostatographic imaging drum having a first end and a second end, at least one coating on the drum extending from the first end of the drum to the second end of the drum, the coating having an outer electrostatographic imaging surface, drum supporting hubs mounted on the first end of the drum and the second end of the drum, the drum supporting hubs comprising a disk shaped member comprising a disk shaped segment having an exposed annular landing strip surface parallel to and flush with the electrostatographic imaging surface, the annular landing strip surface having a width of at least about 3 millimeters and having an imaginary axis coextensive with an imaginary axis of the drum. The electrostatographic imaging member assembly may be utilized in electrostatographic imaging apparatus in which the hubs support electrostatographic imaging apparatus subassembly components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: James D. Riehle, Eugene A. Swain, David J. Maty, William A. Hammond, James M. Markovics, David R. McCandless
  • Patent number: 5504383
    Abstract: A power supply for transmitting voltage to a device, comprising: a web including a piezoelectric exterior layer for generating a voltage on the surface thereof in response to being deformed; and means for transferring the voltage on the surface of said piezoelectric exterior layer to the device is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: John S. Facci, Joseph Mammino, Christopher Snelling, Dale R. Mashtare, James M. Markovics, Michael J. Levy
  • Patent number: 5476740
    Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging member includes a charge generating layer, a charge transport layer and an interphase region. The interphase region includes a mixture of a charge generating material and a charge transport material, in intimate contact, and may be formed, for example, by applying a charge transport material prior to drying or curing an underlying charge generating layer to produce an interphase structure that is different from the charge generating and charge transport layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: James M. Markovics, Richard H. Nealey
  • Patent number: 5418107
    Abstract: A process for fabricating an electrophotographic imaging member including providing a substrate to be coated, forming a coating comprising photoconductive pigment particles having an average particle size of less than about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Richard H. Nealey, Martha J. Stegbauer, Steven J. Grammatica, James M. Markovics
  • Patent number: 4613557
    Abstract: An improved layered photoresponsive imaging member comprised of a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and an electron transporting layer comprised of an inorganic photoconductive composition chemically modified to enable enhancement of the electron transport properties thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1986
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Geoffrey M. T. Foley, James M. Markovics, John S. Berkes, Santokh S. Badesha, Martin A. Abkowitz