Patents by Inventor Lina Bian

Lina Bian 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).

  • Vacuum transport having opening pattern allowing jetting of all nozzles to receptacle
    Patent number: 10946678
    Abstract: A transport item moves in a process direction to transport sheets of media. The transport item is positioned between an inkjet printhead and a receptacle. The inkjet printhead has nozzles. The transport item has openings arranged in a pattern, the pattern of the openings is consistent along all of the transport item, and the pattern of the openings in the transport item aligns at least one opening with each of the locations of the nozzles as the transport item moves in the process direction. The nozzles eject ink through the openings to the receptacle when the nozzles are aligned with the openings. When controlling the nozzles to eject ink through the openings to the receptacle, a controller can control the nozzles to simultaneously eject ink on a sheet of media while ejecting ink through the openings to the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Atwood, John R. Uchal, Paul F. Sawicki, James E. Williams, Lina Bian
  • IMAGING BLANKET AND VARIABLE DATA LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE IMAGING BLANKET
    Publication number: 20200282759
    Abstract: An imaging blanket comprises a base comprising an elastic polymer and sulfur. A barrier layer is on the base and a surface layer is on the barrier layer. The surface layer comprises an elastomer and a platinum catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Varun Sambhy, Gary D. Redding, Santokh S. Badesha, Peter J. Nystrom, Lina Bian
  • VACUUM TRANSPORT HAVING OPENING PATTERN ALLOWING JETTING OF ALL NOZZLES TO RECEPTACLE
    Publication number: 20200276842
    Abstract: A transport item moves in a process direction to transport sheets of media. The transport item is positioned between an inkjet printhead and a receptacle. The inkjet printhead has nozzles. The transport item has openings arranged in a pattern, the pattern of the openings is consistent along all of the transport item, and the pattern of the openings in the transport item aligns at least one opening with each of the locations of the nozzles as the transport item moves in the process direction. The nozzles eject ink through the openings to the receptacle when the nozzles are aligned with the openings. When controlling the nozzles to eject ink through the openings to the receptacle, a controller can control the nozzles to simultaneously eject ink on a sheet of media while ejecting ink through the openings to the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Atwood, John R. Uchal, Paul F. Sawicki, James E. Williams, Lina Bian