Patents by Inventor Michael Baskin

Michael Baskin 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).

  • Apparatus and method for applying a load to a fusing nip in a printing machine fuser
    Publication number: 20050249532
    Abstract: This invention relates in general to fuser for a reproduction apparatus, and more particularly to an adjustable loading mechanism for a printing machine fuser. According to various aspects of the invention, apparatus and methods for loading a printing machine fuser are provided. A loading force for a pressure member and a fuser member may be generated by deflecting a spring relative to a spring support that restrains an end of the spring, the spring support being mounted to an arm body, the arm body comprising a pivot axis and a loading mount acting on one of the pressure member and the fuser member. The loading force may be adjusted by displacing the spring support to adjust a deflection of the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Bailey, Michael Baskin, Gerard Darby, Borden Mills, James Hendron
  • Method and apparatus for variable width surface treatment application to a fuser
    Publication number: 20050169678
    Abstract: The invention relates to application of a surface treatment to a fuser, typically in a print process. According to various aspects of the invention, methods and apparatus are provided for applying surface treatment to a fuser comprising varying a width of surface treatment application to the fuser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Baskin, Richard Baughman, Thomas Foster, Borden Mills, Terry Morganti