Patents by Inventor Peter Bourbon

Peter Bourbon 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).

  • Device for large format printing comprising a single central conditioning unit for controlling and monitoring the condition of the developer
    Patent number: 6246424
    Abstract: A large format single pass printer, having a printing width (PW) for printing a toner image on a substrate, the substrate having a width (WS) and a length (LS), comprising a printhead structure with an array of printing apertures, with length, LA, and control electrodes associated therewith, a charged toner conveyer, CTC, with a length, LCTC≧LA and a number n, equal to or larger than 2, of toner applicators with width PWEi<LCTC for applying charged toner particles to said CTC, said number n being chosen such that ∑ i = 1 i = n ⁢ PWE i ≥ L A , wherein wherein i) a single central conditioning unit for controlling and monitoring the condition of the developer is provided, and ii) the central conditioning unit is equipped with means f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Guido Vital Desie, Hilbrand Leopold Van den Wijngaert, Jacques Victor Leonard, Peter Bourbon