Patents by Inventor Richard Brzezinski

Richard Brzezinski 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).

  • Patent number: 6190070
    Abstract: A printer for generating an image on a media sheet has a printer body with a media path extending from a media supply in a downstream direction to a media exit. An output tray and a media ejection mechanism are connected to the printer body adjacent the media exit. The ejection mechanism has a number of drive roller pairs, each of which includes a first roller and a second roller contacting each other at a nip defining a nip plane. The first rollers of the respective roller pairs are coaxial with each other, and the second rollers of the respective roller pairs are coaxial with each other. The nips of the drive roller pairs occupy a common plane, and the drive roller pairs are spaced apart from each other to define a gap. The ejection mechanism includes at least one corrugation roller positioned in the gap, rotatable on a corrugation roller axis, and having a curved surface portion displaced from the nip plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Carl T. Urban, David W. Hanks, Barry G. Mannie, Richard Brzezinski
  • Patent number: 6068372
    Abstract: An improved replaceable liquid application system for applying a liquid intermediate transfer surface to a support surface in a printer is provided. The liquid application system is contained in a removable cassette and utilizes a liquid impregnated arcuate surface that engages the support surface by rolling contact. The liquid impregnated arcuate surface and a reclamation assembly are contained in a removable cartridge in the cassette. A cartridge life status assembly determines when the useful life of the cartridge has been exhausted. Push tabs on the cartridge and finger wells on the cassette allow for easy and convenient removal of a used cartridge and insertion of a replacement cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Gerard H. Rousseau, David W. Johnson, Richard Brzezinski, Jeffrey R. Kohne, Michael S. Allen, Brent R. Jones, Larry E. Hindman