Patents by Inventor Todd L. Janes

Todd L. Janes 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).

  • Color imaging with contact transfer heating station
    Patent number: 5471291
    Abstract: In imaging apparatus (1) a contact heater (9) applies heat and electrical bias to a toner image on an intermediate accumulator (5). The bias is of polarity to repel the toner. The toner image is coalesced such that additional heating may be reduced or eliminated at the transfer to paper (7) by pressure roller (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd L. Janes, Alexander D. Meade, Ashok Murthy, Pramod K. Sharma, Peter E. Wallin
  • High stability color imaging by transfer roller
    Patent number: 5436708
    Abstract: A printer or other imaging apparatus (1) in which two or more images in registration are transferred from a photoconductor (3) to an intermediate transfer drum (5). The transfer drum has very stable resistivity, which is achieved by the body of the drum being cesium iodide filled polyurethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: David D. Dreyfuss, Todd L. Janes, Alexander D. Meade, Pramod K. Sharma, Peter E. Wallin
  • Polymeric toner transfer member material
    Patent number: 5430533
    Abstract: An electrophotographic printer employs a intermediate transfer roller of a copolymer of urethane and silicone carbinol. Transfer efficiency is excellent over a period normally coinciding with the full life of a printer or other imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: David D. Dreyfuss, Todd L. Janes, Alexander D. Meade, Jeanne M. Saldanha-Singh, Peter E. Wallin