Patents by Inventor Steven R. Moore

Steven R. Moore 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: 20090194927
    Abstract: A compiling unit includes a collection tray and a variable-speed compiling system adapted to operate at at least two speeds to thereby receive a sheet of media at a higher speed and register the sheet of media within the collection tray at a lower speed. A control system is adapted to selectively operate the variable-speed compiling system at the at least two speeds. A printing system having a sheet media source, at least one marking engine, such a compiling unit and such a control system is included. A method of compiling sheet media is also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Barry P. Mandel, Steven R. Moore, Martin Krucinski
  • Patent number: 7566055
    Abstract: A sheet inverter includes a sheet path, such as a curved sheet path. A sheet driver is positioned to receive a sheet along the sheet path. The sheet driver is adapted to draw in the sheet and reverse a direction of the sheet. An exit path is positioned to receive the sheet from the sheet driver. An inverter path is also positioned to receive the sheet from the sheet driver. The curve of the sheet path biases the sheet's trailing edge into the exit path and the inverter path, and the sheet is directed to the exit path or the inverter path depending only upon how far the sheet is drawn into the sheet driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Stan A. Spencer, Steven R. Moore, David M. Attridge
  • Publication number: 20090162119
    Abstract: A method to reduce the misalignment between the image one and image two printed on the same or opposing side of the same sheet. The final error (skew, process and cross-Process) between the actual sheet orientation and the desired orientation during the transfer of an image while printing image one is measured and recorded. When the same sheet comes for printing image two, the error recorded during image one printing is retrieved and used to compensate the desired angular, process and cross-process registration of the sheet for image two printing so that the alignment of image one and image two is improved in comparison to systems that register the sheet without considering image one imaging errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saurabh Prabhat, Barry P Mandel, Steven R Moore, Marina L Tharayil
  • Publication number: 20090151435
    Abstract: This is a probe that can be used to measure any curl on a stack of sheets in a sheet stacking tray. In printing systems including electrophotographic systems, sheets tend to curl on edge portions. This curl can adversely affect the final copy and copies fed to finishing stations. This probe lightly contacts the upper stack surface and detects sheet curl especially on the edge portions of the stack. The probe measures deviations of the surface as compared to a starting point defined on the terminal edge of the stack. The information provided by the probe is then fed to a user or controlled for transmission to a correcting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventor: Steven R. Moore
  • Publication number: 20090152806
    Abstract: An apparatus for registering a sheet along a transport path, including a plurality of spaced apart sheet feeding nip sets of plural sheet feeding nips in the sheet transport path, the plural sheet feeding nips of the sheet feeding nip sets comprise plural drive wheels and plural mating idlers, steerable drive mechanism for changing the drive wheel to idler alignment to thereby transport the sheet along the paper path while imparting a lateral motion to the sheet as it is transported along the paper path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keith A. Buddendeck, Steven R. Moore
  • Patent number: 7547903
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for calibrating an image capturing sensor. The method and system include generating a test pattern on an image receiving device and measuring one or more colorimetric properties of the test pattern with an image sensor. The disclosed method and system measure the test pattern with the image sensor located in two or more different cross-process positions to determine an independent uniformity profile for the image sensor and the image rendering process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Howard A. Mizes, Jack Lestrange, Martin Edward Hoover, Steven R. Moore
  • Publication number: 20090121162
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for calibrating an image capturing sensor. The method and system include generating a test pattern on an image receiving device and measuring one or more colorimetric properties of the test pattern with an image sensor. The disclosed method and system measure the test pattern with the image sensor located in two or more different cross-process positions to determine an independent uniformity profile for the image sensor and the image rendering process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Howard A. Mizes, Jack Lestrange, Martin Edward Hoover, Steven R. Moore
  • Publication number: 20090079832
    Abstract: A monitoring system and method for monitoring a printing system includes a printing system module and a camera. The printing system module is configured to interface with a primary printing-medium path of the printing system and includes a housing with at least one printing-medium path disposed therein. The at least one printing-medium path is a sub-printing-medium path of the primary printing-medium path. The camera is positioned to capture at least one frame of the inside of the printing system module and can be disposed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Steven R. Moore, Saurabh Prabhat, Ruddy Castillo
  • Patent number: 7451697
    Abstract: A printing system is provided that includes one or more printing modules, the one or more printing modules including a media web transport input; a media web image transfer point; a media web transport output; a primary image transfer system; a secondary image transfer system; and an intermediate image transfer point coupling the primary image transfer system and a secondary image transfer system. The secondary image transfer system is adapted to accept an image from the primary image transfer system at the intermediate image transfer point, and the secondary image transfer system is adapted to transfer the image from the secondary image transfer system to a media web at the media transfer point. The media web transport input and media web transport output provide a media web path to route the media web from the media web transport input to the media web transfer-point, and from the media web transfer point to the media web transport output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Steven R. Moore
  • Patent number: 7444108
    Abstract: An intergrated printing system is provided that includes at least two substantially horizontially aligned printing modules including an entrance media path and an exit media path; and at least one interface media transport including at least two substantially horizontal media transport paths, wherein the horizontal media transport paths are positioned vertically relative to each other to provide upper and lower horizontal media transport paths and the horizontal media transport paths transport paths are positioned vertically relative to each other to provide upper and lower horizontal media transport paths and the horizontal media transport paths transport media to the horizontally aligned printing module. The integrated printing system also provides for a horizontal media transport path to transport media to the horizontally aligned printing module in a direction that passes the exit path of one of the horizontally aligned printing modules before passing the entrance media path of the other printing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Steven R. Moore, Barry P. Mandel, Robert M. Lofthus
  • Patent number: 7387297
    Abstract: A printing system sheet feeder apparatus and method is provided. The printing system feeder includes a front nudger roll positioned near the leading edge of the top sheet of a sheet stack and the front nudger roll is capable of advancing the top sheet. In addition, the printing system sheet feeder includes a separation nip aligned with the front nudger roll, the front nudger roll being capable of receiving the top sheet advanced by the front nudger roll and advancing the top sheet in a direction away from the front nudger. A rear nudger roll is positioned near the trailing edge of the top sheet and is capable of advancing the sheet directly below the top sheet while the top sheet is being advanced by the front nudger roll and/or separation nip, thereby increasing the overall sheet feeding rate to the printing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Steven R. Moore
  • Publication number: 20080112743
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a print media rotary transport apparatus and method of operation. The print media transport apparatus comprises a print media rotary path and a print media rotary bypass path, wherein the print media rotary path rotates a print media sheet about an axis orthogonal to the print media sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventor: Steven R. Moore
  • Publication number: 20080099984
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a shaft driving apparatus and method of operation. The shaft driving apparatus comprises a shaft and a slip joint configuration to extend the wear zone associated with bearings operatively connected to an apparatus which rotates a shaft less than 360 degrees in an oscillatory manner or other cyclical manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventor: Steven R. Moore
  • Patent number: 7336920
    Abstract: A printing system includes first and second marking devices for applying images to print media. A primary fusing device is associated with each of the first and second marking devices for applying a primary fusing treatment to the images applied to print media by the first and second marking devices. A secondary fusing module receives printed media from the first and second marking devices, the secondary fusing module including first and second secondary fusing devices which selectively apply a further fusing treatment to the images applied to the printed media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Anderson, Steven R. Moore, Gerald M. Fletcher, Bryan J. Roof, Eric S. Hamby, Robert M. Lofthus
  • Patent number: 7324779
    Abstract: A printing system includes first and second marking devices for applying images to print media. A first primary fusing device is associated with the first marking device for applying a primary fusing treatment to the images applied to print media by the first marking device. A second primary fusing device is associated with the second marking device for applying a primary fusing treatment to the images applied to print media by the second marking device. At least one secondary fusing device receives printed media from the first and second marking devices. The secondary fusing device selectively applies a further fusing treatment to at least a portion of the images applied to the printed media to increase a uniformity of an appearance characteristic between printed images generated by the first marking device and the second marking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Anderson, Steven R. Moore, Gerald M. Fletcher, Bryan J. Roof, Eric S. Hamby, Robert M. Lofthus
  • Publication number: 20080018915
    Abstract: Disclosed is a print media interposer system and method. The print media interposer system comprises two or more interposer modules, one or more interface modules, and a controller. The interposer modules are adapted to receive one or more print media input stacks from one or more printing systems. Subsequently, the print media interposer system merges the received print media input stacks in a predetermined sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventor: Steven R. Moore
  • Publication number: 20070297841
    Abstract: A continuous feed (CF) printing module, printing system, and method is provided. The CF printing module comprising an image transfer system configured to selectively mark a media web, and a media web transport system configured to selectively advance a media web without image marking by the image transfer system at a first speed and selectively route a media web for image marking by the image transfer system at a second speed. The first speed greater than the second speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventor: Steven R. Moore
  • Patent number: 7272334
    Abstract: A method is provided for aligning images on media produced by one or more print engines in an integrated print system. The method includes printing a first pattern of first symbols on a first region of a print medium with a first print engine and printing a second pattern of second symbols on a second region of the print medium with at least a second print engine in a manner to superpose the second pattern on the first pattern. The method further includes measuring a first deviation of the second pattern of second symbols relative to the first pattern of first symbols, recording the first deviation as a first offset distance relative to the first print engine, reporting the first offset distance to a controller of the second print engine, and, using the first offset distance for aligning at least the second print engine relative to the first print engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Steven R. Moore, Stan Alan Spencer
  • Patent number: 7136616
    Abstract: An integrated printing system is provided and includes at least two generally vertically aligned image marking engines and at least two generally horizontally aligned image marking engines. The printing system further includes at least one generally horizontal interface media transport for transporting media between and to the vertically aligned and the horizontally aligned image marking engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Barry Paul Mandel, Steven R. Moore, Robert M. Lofthus, Joannes N. M. deJong, Lloyd A. Williams, Martin Krucinski, Lisbeth S. Quesnel
  • Patent number: 6986615
    Abstract: Backlash is reduced by stopping substrate short of a printing position, then slowly advancing the drive system to move the substrate to the printing position. Where a stepper motor drives a driven roller via a gear train, the stepper motor stops the substrate a predetermined number of steps shy of the printing position. The stepper motor is then advanced by the predetermined number of steps, taking up backlash and moving the substrate to the printing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Steven R. Moore, Eric A. Merz