Patents by Inventor Rodney Jones

Rodney Jones 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).

  • Quiet Operating Mode Management System for A Printing Device
    Publication number: 20120013667
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a quiet mode management system in which a control system of an imaging device selectively reduces print speed based on print job attributes such as job size, repetitions and media in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Trevor James Snyder, Summer Schneider, Debra Ranee Koehler, Jasper Kent Wong, Karen Vicki Zocchi, Brent Rodney Jones
  • Solid ink sticks having a verification interlock for verifying position of a solid ink stick before identifying the ink stick
    Patent number: 8096647
    Abstract: A solid ink stick facilitates verification of the position and orientation of a solid ink stick prior to an ink stick identification operation. The solid ink stick includes a solid ink stick body configured for insertion in a solid ink stick printer in a predetermined orientation, and a verification interlock in at least one surface of the solid ink stick body, the verification interlock and the at least one surface being located in the solid ink stick body to engage at least two displaceable members arranged in an insertion area of the solid ink printer to push one displaceable member away from the solid ink stick body and to enable the other displaceable member to move towards the solid ink stick body when the solid ink stick body is in the predetermined orientation in the insertion area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Brent Rodney Jones
  • Ink melt device with solid state retention and molten ink pass-through
    Patent number: 8096648
    Abstract: A phase change ink melting assembly for use in a phase change ink imaging device includes an ink melt perimetric constraint having an open top and a melted ink egress positioned at a bottom of the perimetric constraint. The open top is sized to receive a leading end of an ink stick fed downwardly therethrough. The perimetric constraint includes an interior through path with egress at the bottom and a plurality of melted ink flow paths intermediate the open top and the melted ink egress. The assembly includes a heater for heating the perimetric constraint to a phase change ink melting temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Brent Rodney Jones
  • Method for reconfiguring ink loaders to accept different ink stick identifiers
    Patent number: 8079690
    Abstract: A method of using a phase change ink imaging device includes receiving an nth ink stick in an ink loader of a phase change ink imaging device where n is a predetermined number. The nth ink stick includes at least one sensor contour formed thereon. The at least one sensor contour is associated with an ink stick identifier. The at least one sensor contour on the nth ink stick is detected using a sensor system in the ink loader. At least one signal is generated based on the detection of the at least one sensor contour, the at least one signal being indicative of the ink stick identifier. The ink stick identifier indicated by the at least one signal is then stored as a designated ink stick identifier for use with the phase change ink imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: R. Scott Johnson, Christopher Ryan Gold, Frederick T. Mattern, Brent Rodney Jones, William Loren Emery, Karen Vicki Zocchi
  • Ink stick for a phase change ink jet printer
    Patent number: D650838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Brent Rodney Jones, Jonathan R Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe, Christopher R Gold
  • Ink stick for a phase change ink jet printer
    Patent number: D650839
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Brent Rodney Jones, Jonathan R Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe, Christopher R Gold
  • Ink stick for a phase change ink jet printer
    Patent number: D650840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Brent Rodney Jones, Jonathan R Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe, Christopher R Gold
  • Ink stick for a phase change ink jet printer
    Patent number: D650842
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Brent Rodney Jones, Jonathan R Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe, Christopher R Gold
  • Ink stick for a phase change ink jet printer
    Patent number: D650843
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Brent Rodney Jones, Jonathan R Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe, Christopher R Gold
  • Ink stick for a phase change ink jet printer
    Patent number: D650844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan R Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe, Brent Rodney Jones, Christopher R Gold
  • Ink stick for a phase change ink jet printer
    Patent number: D650845
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan R Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe, Brent Rodney Jones, Christopher R Gold
  • Ink stick for a phase change ink jet printer
    Patent number: D650846
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan R Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe, Brent Rodney Jones, Christopher R Gold
  • Ink stick for a phase change ink jet printer
    Patent number: D650847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan R Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe, Brent Rodney Jones, Christopher R Gold
  • Ink stick for a phase change ink jet printer
    Patent number: D650848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan R Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe, Brent Rodney Jones, Christopher R Gold
  • Ink stick for a phase change ink jet printer
    Patent number: D650850
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan R Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe, Brent Rodney Jones, Christopher R Gold
  • Ink stick for a phase change ink jet printer
    Patent number: D650851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan R Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe, Brent Rodney Jones, Christopher R Gold
  • Ink stick for a phase change ink jet printer
    Patent number: D650852
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher R Gold, Jonathan R Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe, Brent Rodney Jones
  • Ink stick for a phase change ink jet printer
    Patent number: D650854
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Brent Rodney Jones, Christopher R. Gold, Brian Walter Aznoe, John I. Ramalho
  • Ink stick for a phase change ink jet printer
    Patent number: D651236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan R Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe, Brent Rodney Jones, Christopher R Gold
  • Ink stick for a phase change ink jet printer
    Patent number: D652864
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan R Ritter, Brian Walter Aznoe, Brent Rodney Jones, Christopher R Gold