Patents by Inventor Kara L. Bosco

Kara L. Bosco 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).

  • Pre-fuser transport assembly for handling a variety of sheets, and a reproduction machine having same
    Patent number: 6505030
    Abstract: A pre-fuser sheet transport assembly includes (a) an endless belt having vacuum apertures therethrough and being trained about a plurality of rollers including a drive roller; (b) a first plate located under the endless belt and including first holes formed therethrough having a first pattern, and a first size each; (c) a vacuum device for sucking air through the apertures in the endless belt and through the first pattern of the first holes in the first plate; (d) a second plate assembly including a second plate located under the first plate and including second holes having a second pattern and a second size each, the second plate being moveable laterally relative to the first plate; and (e) control apparatus for detecting and adjusting a position of the second plate relative to the first plate, and responsive to a change in a measured parameter of the copy sheet, the control apparatus including a mechanism for controllably adjusting a degree of overlap between the first holes and the second holes, thereby a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Luis A. Santiago, Kara L. Bosco