Patents by Inventor Rudolph Wayne Hrobsky

Rudolph Wayne Hrobsky 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).

  • Publication number: 20220373917
    Abstract: A toner composition having improved toner usage efficiency, wherein toner particles having an average size range of 1-25 ?m may be mixed with an extra particulate additive package including a first small silica surface treated with both a silane and an aminosilane having a primary particle size of about 5 nm-20 nm, a second fumed silica having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm, a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm, an electro-conductive titania having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm and an acicular titania having a size of about 1.6 ?m to 1.7 ?m in length and about 130 nm in diameter. An alternative embodiment of the extra particulate additive package does not include a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: KASTURI RANGAN SRINIVASAN, RUDOLPH WAYNE HROBSKY, JAMES CRAIG MINOR, DINESH TYAGI
  • Publication number: 20220197170
    Abstract: A toner composition having improved toner usage efficiency, wherein toner particles having an average size range of 1-25 ?m may be mixed with an extra particulate additive package including a first small silica surface treated with both a silane and an aminosilane having a primary particle size of about 5 nm-20 nm, a second fumed silica having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm, a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm, an electro-conductive titania having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm and an acicular titania having a size of about 1.6 ?m to 1.7 ?m in length and about 130 nm in diameter. An alternative embodiment of the extra particulate additive package does not include a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: KASTURI RANGAN SRINIVASAN, RUDOLPH WAYNE HROBSKY, JAMES CRAIG MINOR, DINESH TYAGI
  • Publication number: 20220197172
    Abstract: A toner composition having improved toner usage efficiency, wherein toner particles having an average size range of 1-25 ?m may be mixed with an extra particulate additive package including a first small silica surface treated with both a silane and an aminosilane having a primary particle size of about 5 nm-20 nm, a second fumed silica having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm, a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm, an electro-conductive titania having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm and an acicular titania having a size of about 1.6 ?m to 1.7 ?m in length and about 130 nm in diameter. An alternative embodiment of the extra particulate additive package does not include a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: KASTURI RANGAN SRINIVASAN, RUDOLPH WAYNE HROBSKY, JAMES CRAIG MINOR, DINESH TYAGI
  • Publication number: 20220197171
    Abstract: A toner composition having improved toner usage efficiency, wherein toner particles having an average size range of 1-25 ?m may be mixed with an extra particulate additive package including a first small silica surface treated with both a silane and an aminosilane having a primary particle size of about 5 nm-20 nm, a second fumed silica having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm, a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm, an electro-conductive titania having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm and an acicular titania having a size of about 1.6 ?m to 1.7 ?m in length and about 130 nm in diameter. An alternative embodiment of the extra particulate additive package does not include a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: KASTURI RANGAN SRINIVASAN, RUDOLPH WAYNE HROBSKY, JAMES CRAIG MINOR, DINESH TYAGI
  • Publication number: 20220197173
    Abstract: A toner composition having improved toner usage efficiency, wherein toner particles having an average size range of 1-25 ?m may be mixed with an extra particulate additive package including a first small silica surface treated with both a silane and an aminosilane having a primary particle size of about 5 nm-20 nm, a second fumed silica having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm, a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm, an electro-conductive titania having a primary particle size of 30 nm-60 nm and an acicular titania having a size of about 1.6 ?m to 1.7 ?m in length and about 130 nm in diameter. An alternative embodiment of the extra particulate additive package does not include a third silica having a primary particle size of about 70 nm-120 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: KASTURI RANGAN SRINIVASAN, RUDOLPH WAYNE HROBSKY, JAMES CRAIG MINOR, DINESH TYAGI
  • Patent number: 10684566
    Abstract: A method of preparing an organic photoconductor drum having a protective overcoat on its outermost surface is provided. In an example embodiment, a photoconductor drum having an electrically conductive substrate, a charge generation layer, a charge transport layer and an outermost protective overcoat layer is provided. The photoconductor drum is cured using a two-step process. The first curing step applies either ionizing irradiation, such as with an electron beam or by gamma rays or applies non-ionizing irradiation such as ultraviolet light to the photoconductor drum. A mask is sized and placed over the print area of the initially cured photoconductor drum, thereby exposing the outermost edges of the photoconductor drum. The outer edges of the masked photoconductor drum is then exposed to a second curing step using ultraviolet light irradiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Weimei Luo, Mark Thomas Bellino, Rudolph Wayne Hrobsky
  • Patent number: 10620555
    Abstract: A method of curing a protective overcoat layer on the outermost portion of an organic photoconductor drum using dual curing process is provided. The first curing step applies either ionizing irradiation, such as with an electron beam or by gamma rays or applies non-ionizing irradiation such as ultraviolet light to the overcoated photoconductor drum. A mask or shield is sized to be placed over the print area of the initially cured photoconductor drum, thereby exposing the outermost edges of the photoconductor drum. The outer edges of the masked photoconductor drum is then exposed to a second curing step using non-ionizing irradiation such as ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Weimei Luo, Mark Thomas Bellino, Rudolph Wayne Hrobsky
  • Patent number: 10571817
    Abstract: A method of curing a protective overcoat layer on the outermost portion of an organic photoconductor drum using dual curing process is provided. The first curing step applies either ionizing irradiation, such as with an electron beam or by gamma rays or applies non-ionizing irradiation such as ultraviolet light to the overcoated photoconductor drum. A mask or shield is sized to be placed over the print area of the initially cured photoconductor drum, thereby exposing the outermost edges of the photoconductor drum. The outer edges of the masked photoconductor drum is then exposed to a second curing step using non-ionizing irradiation such as ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Weimei Luo, Mark Thomas Bellino, Rudolph Wayne Hrobsky
  • Patent number: 10571818
    Abstract: A method of preparing an organic photoconductor drum having a protective overcoat on its outermost surface is provided. In an example embodiment, a photoconductor drum having an electrically conductive substrate, a charge generation layer, a charge transport layer and an outermost protective overcoat layer is provided. The photoconductor drum is cured using a two-step process. The first curing step applies either ionizing irradiation, such as with an electron beam or by gamma rays or applies non-ionizing irradiation such as ultraviolet light to the photoconductor drum. A mask is sized and placed over the print area of the initially cured photoconductor drum, thereby exposing the outermost edges of the photoconductor drum. The outer edges of the masked photoconductor drum is then exposed to a second curing step using ultraviolet light irradiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Weimei Luo, Mark Thomas Bellino, Rudolph Wayne Hrobsky
  • Publication number: 20190384199
    Abstract: A toner composition includes low and high molecular weight polyester resins. It also includes a release agent, such as a polyolefin wax, and a tri-block copolymer having a structure of the form A-b-B-b-A, wherein A is a hard block and B is a soft block. The hard block is styrene, while the soft block is butadiene/butylene. Upon partial hydrogenation, the copolymer provides improved dispersion, mobility control, and domain size of the release agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ann P. Holloway, Rudolph Wayne Hrobsky, Michael Gordon Miller, James Craig Minor, Dinesh Tyagi
  • Patent number: 10289014
    Abstract: A method of preparing an organic photoconductor drum having a protective overcoat on its outermost surface is provided. In an example embodiment, a photoconductor drum having an electrically conductive substrate, a charge generation layer, a charge transport layer and an outermost protective overcoat layer is provided. The photoconductor drum is cured using a two-step process. The first curing step applies either ionizing irradiation, such as with an electron beam or by gamma rays or applies non-ionizing irradiation such as ultraviolet light to the photoconductor drum. A mask is sized and placed over the print area of the initially cured photoconductor drum, thereby exposing the outermost edges of the photoconductor drum. The outer edges of the masked photoconductor drum is then exposed to a second curing step using ultraviolet light irradiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Weimei Luo, Mark Thomas Bellino, Rudolph Wayne Hrobsky
  • Patent number: 10289013
    Abstract: A method of curing a protective overcoat layer on the outermost portion of an organic photoconductor drum using dual curing process is provided. The first curing step applies either ionizing irradiation, such as with an electron beam or by gamma rays or applies non-ionizing irradiation such as ultraviolet light to the overcoated photoconductor drum. A mask or shield is sized to be placed over the print area of the initially cured photoconductor drum, thereby exposing the outermost edges of the photoconductor drum. The outer edges of the masked photoconductor drum is then exposed to a second curing step using non-ionizing irradiation such as ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Weimei Luo, Mark Thomas Bellino, Rudolph Wayne Hrobsky
  • Patent number: 8178265
    Abstract: A photoreceptor comprising a spectral marker and an electrophotographic printer using the same wherein the presence of the spectral marker is detected by the spectral marker detector, which enables photoreceptor authentication and thickness determinations, thereby permitting adjustment and optimization of component operating parameters within the electrophotographic printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: David Glenn Black, James Alan Hartman, Rudolph Wayne Hrobsky, Ronald Harold Levin, Robert Max Lopez, Jr., Weimei Luo, Dat Quoc Nguyen, Franklin Dilworth Zartman
  • Publication number: 20100167191
    Abstract: A photoreceptor comprising a spectral marker and an electrophotographic printer using the same wherein the presence of the spectral marker is detected by the spectral marker detector, which enables photoreceptor authentication and thickness determinations, thereby permitting adjustment and optimization of component operating parameters within the electrophotographic printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: David Glenn Black, James Alan Hartman, Rudolph Wayne Hrobsky, Ronald Harold Levin, Robert Max Lopez, JR., Weimei Luo, Dat Quoc Nguyen, Franklin Dilworth Zartman