Patents by Inventor John Poxon
John Poxon 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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Publication number: 20120314249Abstract: Methods and Systems for reminding about print history use an approach in which one or more conditions, such as print job name and/or file size, of a subsequently submitted print job are monitored to determine if the one or more conditions of the subsequent print job is substantially similar to a corresponding one or more conditions of a previous print job. A reminder message is displayed on a user interface if such a similarity so determined, and in response, a user can enter a selection of an option in the reminder message to handle the reminder message and/or control print processing of the subsequent and/or previous print job. The reminder messaging can be pre-configured and turned off, as required.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: John Poxon, Pia Matikka, Peter Kemsley, Paul Chapman, Kevin McNeil
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Patent number: 7729651Abstract: A web cleaning system for a fuser system includes a web which is biased into contact with a rotating cylindrical member, such as a fuser roll, as the fuser roll is rotated about its axis of rotation. A lateral displacement system displaces the web, relative to the cylindrical member, in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the cylindrical member. In this way, regions of the web which have become contaminated with collected toner are shifted laterally, thus avoiding oversaturation of the web.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: John Poxon, Nicholas Baxter, Ian Pitts, Pieter Mulder, Martin Callis, Riley Brede
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Patent number: 7587160Abstract: A toner repelling stripper finger assembly is provided for stripping toner image carrying copy sheets from an outer surface of a moving heated fusing member. The toner repelling stripper finger assembly includes (a) a finger shaft having a first end for attaching to a baffle, and a second distal end; (c) an electrically conductive tip located at the second distal end of the finger shaft for contacting the outer surface of the moving heated fusing member to strip the toner image carrying copy sheets therefrom; and (d) an electrical biasing source connected to the electrically conductive tip for electrically biasing the electrically conductive tip to a desired electrical polarity, thereby repelling and preventing charged toner particles from being attracted and building up on the stripper finger assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2006Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Leigh-Anne Thomas, John R Washington, Martin Callis, John Poxon, Lloyd Broughton
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Patent number: 7561841Abstract: A fuser apparatus includes first and second rolls rotatably mounted parallel to and in contact with each other to form a nip through which print media with a toner image thereon is passed to fuse the image to the print media. A cleaning system is provided for cleaning one of the rolls, such as the fuser roll. The cleaning system includes a rotatably mounted cleaning roll, an outer surface thereof including a pile. A flicker bar is arranged to detach toner from the pile.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Martin Callis, Riley Brede, Pieter Mulder, John Poxon, Ian Pitts, Nicholas Baxter
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Patent number: 7532848Abstract: A roll useful in fusing marking material to a print sheet includes a coating disposed on at least a portion of the inner surface thereof. A lamp disposed inside the roll supplies radiant energy to the inner surface. The coating changes its absorptivity (such as color) as desired, to obtain specific desired temperatures at different portions of the roll. The coating can be thermochromic, changing its absorptivity in response to local temperature; or electrochromic, changing its absorptivity in response to an external electrical stimulus.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2008Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Scott M Potter, John Poxon, Pieter Mulder
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Patent number: 7460822Abstract: A roll useful in fusing marking material to a print sheet includes a coating disposed on at least a portion of the inner surface thereof. A lamp disposed inside the roll supplies radiant energy to the inner surface. The coating changes its absorptivity (such as color) as desired, to obtain specific desired temperatures at different portions of the roll. The coating can be thermochromic, changing its absorptivity in response to local temperature; or electrochromic, changing its absorptivity in response to an external electrical stimulus.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2006Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Scott M. Potter, John Poxon, Pieter Mulder
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Publication number: 20080273906Abstract: A roll useful in fusing marking material to a print sheet includes a coating disposed on at least a portion of the inner surface thereof. A lamp disposed inside the roll supplies radiant energy to the inner surface. The coating changes its absorptivity (such as color) as desired, to obtain specific desired temperatures at different portions of the roll. The coating can be thermochromic, changing its absorptivity in response to local temperature; or electrochromic, changing its absorptivity in response to an external electrical stimulus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2008Publication date: November 6, 2008Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Scott M. Potter, John Poxon, Pieter Mulder
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Patent number: 7412181Abstract: A fusing apparatus includes a fuser roll and a pressure roll which define a nip therebetween. Two heating elements heat the fuser roll. One of the heating elements is configured for heating a first portion of the fuser roll while a second of the heating elements is configured for heating a second portion of the fuser roll. The second portion of the fuser roll is axially spaced from the first portion. A temperature sensing system monitors a temperature of the fuser roll in a first location and monitors a temperature of the fuser roll in a second location which is axially spaced from the first location. A control system determines an amount of power to supply to the first heating element as a function of the monitored temperatures at the first and second axially spaced locations and determines an amount of power to supply to the second heating element as a function of the monitored temperatures at the first and second axially spaced locations.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Pieter Mulder, Martin Callis, John Poxon, Riley Brede, Ian Pitts, Nicholas Baxter
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Publication number: 20080124140Abstract: A toner repelling stripper finger assembly is provided for stripping toner image carrying copy sheets from an outer surface of a moving heated fusing member. The toner repelling stripper finger assembly includes (a) a finger shaft having a first end for attaching to a baffle, and a second distal end; (c) an electrically conductive tip located at the second distal end of the finger shaft for contacting the outer surface of the moving heated fusing member to strip the toner image carrying copy sheets therefrom; and (d) an electrical biasing source connected to the electrically conductive tip for electrically biasing the electrically conductive tip to a desired electrical polarity, thereby repelling and preventing charged toner particles from being attracted and building up on the stripper finger assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2006Publication date: May 29, 2008Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Leigh-Anne Thomas, John R Washington, Martin Callis, John Poxon, Lloyd Broughton
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Publication number: 20080031662Abstract: A roll useful in fusing marking material to a print sheet includes a coating disposed on at least a portion of the inner surface thereof. A lamp disposed inside the roll supplies radiant energy to the inner surface. The coating changes its absorptivity (such as color) as desired, to obtain specific desired temperatures at different portions of the roll. The coating can be thermochromic, changing its absorptivity in response to local temperature; or electrochromic, changing its absorptivity in response to an external electrical stimulus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2006Publication date: February 7, 2008Inventors: Scott M. Potter, John Poxon, Pieter Mulder
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Publication number: 20070147851Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present exemplary embodiment, a system marks a document that comprises a processing component that at least one of copies, prints, faxes, configures imaging, staples, collates and hole punches a document. A marking component produces one or more marks on a document received from the processing component. A configuration component allows configuration of the marking component.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2005Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventor: John Poxon
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Publication number: 20070140757Abstract: A web cleaning system for a fuser system includes a web which is biased into contact with a rotating cylindrical member, such as a fuser roll, as the fuser roll is rotated about its axis of rotation. A lateral displacement system displaces the web, relative to the cylindrical member, in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the cylindrical member. In this way, regions of the web which have become contaminated with collected toner are shifted laterally, thus avoiding oversaturation of the web.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2005Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: John Poxon, Nicholas Baxter, Ian Pitts, Pieter Mulder, Martin Callis, Riley Brede
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Publication number: 20070140754Abstract: A fuser system includes first and second nip rolls, rotably mounted parallel to and in contact with each other to form a nip through which print media with a toner image thereon is passed to fuse the image to the print media. A cleaning web system is provided for cleaning one of the nip rolls of unfused toner. The cleaning web system includes first and second rotatable web rolls. A web extends between the first and second web rolls and contacts the first nip roll. A drive system is operatively coupled with one or both of the first and second web rolls for advancing the web in a first direction and thereafter in a second direction opposite the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2005Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: John Poxon, Scott Potter, Pieter Mulder
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Publication number: 20070140718Abstract: A fusing apparatus includes a fuser roll and a pressure roll which define a nip therebetween. Two heating elements heat the fuser roll. One of the heating elements is configured for heating a first portion of the fuser roll while a second of the heating elements is configured for heating a second portion of the fuser roll. The second portion of the fuser roll is axially spaced from the first portion. A temperature sensing system monitors a temperature of the fuser roll in a first location and monitors a temperature of the fuser roll in a second location which is axially spaced from the first location. A control system determines an amount of power to supply to the first heating element as a function of the monitored temperatures at the first and second axially spaced locations and determines an amount of power to supply to the second heating element as a function of the monitored temperatures at the first and second axially spaced locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2005Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Pieter Mulder, Martin Callis, John Poxon, Riley Brede, Ian Pitts, Nicholas Baxter
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Publication number: 20070140756Abstract: A fuser apparatus includes first and second rolls rotatably mounted parallel to an in contact with each other to form a nip through which print media with a toner image thereon is passed to fuse the image to the print media. A cleaning system is provided for cleaning one of the rolls, such as the fuser roll. The cleaning system includes a rotatably mounted cleaning roll, an outer surface thereof including a pile. A flicker bar is arranged to detach toner from the pile.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2005Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Martin Callis, Riley Brede, Pieter Mulder, John Poxon, Ian Pitts, Nicholas Baxter
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Patent number: 7142793Abstract: An apparatus for fusing print sheets, such as in xerographic printing, comprises a heating element, and a temperature-sensitive mounting for the heating element. The mounting changes a position of the heating element over the course of use of the apparatus, thereby enabling a more efficient use of the heating element and emitted heat within the fusing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2005Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Scott M. Potter, John Poxon
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Patent number: 6490423Abstract: When powering up a xerographic fusing apparatus with two parallel lamps, power is applied to each lamp in a stair-step fashion, in which incremental increases in applied power for each lamp are staggered in time. This feature contributes to desirable anti-flicker effects of the whole apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2001Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Mark W. Horobin, John Poxon, Ian Pitts
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Publication number: 20020061199Abstract: A fusing apparatus for xerographic printing includes a fuser roll with two parallel lamps, or heating elements, therein. At power-up, power is applied to each lamp in a stair-step fashion, in which incremental increases in applied power for each lamp are staggered in time. Also during power-up, the lamps are connected in series, but the series connection is removed for a running condition. These features contribute to desirable anti-flicker effects of the whole apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2001Publication date: May 23, 2002Applicant: Xerox Corporation.Inventors: Mark W. Horobin, John Poxon, Ian Pitts