Patents by Inventor Stephen C. Crossan

Stephen C. Crossan 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: 4434220
    Abstract: A developer material comprising toner particles and coated carrier beads for use in developing images in an electrostatographic device is disclosed. The toner particles are initially classified according to a size distribution wherein less than 15% by weight are greater than 16 microns, between 7 and 15% by weight are less than 5 microns, the remainder being from 5 to 16 microns; and wherein the median particle size by weight is from 8 to 12 microns.The carrier beads have a core with a coating thereon. The coating is a mixed resin system comprising 5 to 55% by weight polytetrafluoroethylene, 5 to 55% by weight fluorinated polyethylene-propylene, and 40% to 80% by weight of a poly(amide-imide) resin which is stable up to at least 600.degree. F., triboelectrically negative (with respect to the herein described toner), nonspalling, essentially nonfriable and dispersible with the other resin components. Also, preferably the coating includes a pigment, such as TiO.sub.2, dispersed in the resin system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1984
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry J. Abbott, Stephen C. Crossan, Sterritt R. Fuller, Jr., Paul D. Jachimiak