Patents by Inventor Jennifer Joyce Rea

Jennifer Joyce Rea 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).

  • Method for achieving uniform media temperature and size throughout the pre-heat zone
    Patent number: 8162469
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a source of a substantially continuous web of media, and a web transport system configured to transport the continuous web from the source along a web path having a print zone. At least one printhead arranged along the web path in the print zone and configured to deposit ink onto the web to form images. A preheating system is positioned along the web path between the source and the print zone. The preheating system includes a first heating stage and a second heating stage. The first heating stage has at least one heater configured to heat the web to an initial preheat temperature prior to reaching the second stage. The second stage includes at least one heater configured to reduce a temperature of the web from the initial preheat temperature to a target temperature for the preheating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer Joyce Rea, Jason Matthew LeFevre, Roger G. Leighton, David A. Mantell
  • Method for Achieving Uniform Media Temperature and Size throughout the Pre-Heat Zone
    Publication number: 20110063374
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a source of a substantially continuous web of media, and a web transport system configured to transport the continuous web from the source along a web path having a print zone. At least one printhead arranged along the web path in the print zone and configured to deposit ink onto the web to form images. A preheating system is positioned along the web path between the source and the print zone. The preheating system includes a first heating stage and a second heating stage. The first heating stage has at least one heater configured to heat the web to an initial preheat temperature prior to reaching the second stage. The second stage includes at least one heater configured to reduce a temperature of the web from the initial preheat temperature to a target temperature for the preheating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jennifer Joyce Rea, Jason Matthew LeFevre, Roger G. Leighton, David A. Mantell