Patents by Inventor Simon Muggleworth

Simon Muggleworth 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).

  • Vacuum transport for use in a xerographic printer
    Patent number: 6270075
    Abstract: A vacuum transport for a printer or copier guides a sheet through a machine, such as from a photoreceptor toward a fuser. The vacuum transport includes a partially enclosed vacuum chamber having rollers rotatably mounted therein. Portions of the rollers protrude through openings in the top of the chamber. A series of ribs are disposed between the openings. Some of the ribs extend diagonally toward one end of the width of the paper path over the transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: John V. Korhonen, Peter A. Mayfield, Colin Partridge, Simon Muggleworth