Patents by Inventor Wayne E. Sliger

Wayne E. Sliger 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).

  • MOVABLE METERING SKIVE FOR A DEVELOPMENT STATION OF A REPRODUCTION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110188898
    Abstract: A magnetic brush development station for a reproduction apparatus has a housing forming, at least in part, a reservoir for developer material; a developer roller mounted within the housing for delivering developer material to a dielectric support member in a development zone; a transport mechanism for transporting developer material from the reservoir to the developer roller; a metering skive for establishing a developer material metering gap; and a mechanism for selectively moving the metering skive to an operative position relative to the developer roller and to a position remote from the developer roller, wherein a build up of contamination at the metering gap between the metering skive and the developer roller can be substantially prevented. A method of removing a skive blockage from a metering skive in a magnetic brush developer station is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Michael T. Dobbertin, Wayne E. Sliger, Donald S. Hensel
  • Movable metering skive for a development station of a reproduction apparatus
    Patent number: 7953352
    Abstract: A magnetic brush development station for a reproduction apparatus has a housing forming, at least in part, a reservoir for developer material; a developer roller mounted within the housing for delivering developer material to a dielectric support member in a development zone; a transport mechanism for transporting developer material from the reservoir to the developer roller; a metering skive for establishing a developer material metering gap; and a mechanism for selectively moving the metering skive to an operative position relative to the developer roller and to a position remote from the developer roller, wherein a build up of contamination at the metering gap between the metering skive and the developer roller can be substantially prevented. A method of removing a skive blockage from a metering skive in a magnetic brush developer station is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael T. Dobbertin, Wayne E. Sliger, Donald S. Hensel
  • MOVABLE METERING SKIVE FOR A DEVELOPMENT STATION OF A REPRODUCTION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20080273900
    Abstract: A magnetic brush development station for a reproduction apparatus has a housing forming, at least in part, a reservoir for developer material; a developer roller mounted within the housing for delivering developer material to a dielectric support member in a development zone; a transport mechanism for transporting developer material from the reservoir to the developer roller; a metering skive for establishing a developer material metering gap; and a mechanism for selectively moving the metering skive to an operative position relative to the developer roller and to a position remote from the developer roller, wherein a build up of contamination at the metering gap between the metering skive and the developer roller can be substantially prevented. A method of removing a skive blockage from a metering skive in a magnetic brush developer station is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Michael T. Dobbertin, Wayne E. Sliger, Donald S. Hensel