Patents by Inventor Timothy Patrick Foley

Timothy Patrick Foley 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).

  • Passive dirt shield for image reproduction devices
    Patent number: 6892041
    Abstract: A system for shielding sensors from airborne particulate matter in the environment of an electrostatic image reproduction device at least includes: a moving surface; at least one sensor; and a shield having at least one shield window, the shield adapted to be placed between the moving surface and the sensor, and the shield at least partially encloses a subsystem of the image reproduction device; wherein the movement of the surface, and the shield and the shield window cooperate to move air through the shield window past the sensor toward the moving surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmed-Moshen T. Shehata, Robert B. Anderson, Jr., Timothy Patrick Foley