Eastman-kodak Company

Other

Pro Form Products Limited

Nexpress Solutions, Inc.

Estyle Caps and Closures, Inc.

Michael E Jacobs

Ralph E Williams

Donald Steven Hensel

Lawrence A Hill

James R Carey

Arthur S Kroll

Jerry Eugene Livadas

Christopher Stephen Garcia

W Charles Kasiske

Scott Thomas Slattery

Timothy Gilbert Armstrong

Gary Edwin Nichols

D Steven Kepner

Thomas Samuel Albrecht

Daniel Francis Vespone

Cathlyn Y Yu

Patricia D Reuschle

John W May

Thomas K Hilbert

Jeffrey Allan Pitas

Douglas A Hons

Arthur E Dunn

Jeffrey R Ulreich

David M Gaudino

Michelle Wise

Michael E Baister

Michelle Dawn Wise

Thomas Kurt Hilbert

Arthur S Knoll

A spray cap for use with an aerosol can having a body having a recessed area; and an actuator button removably stored on the recessed area in an opening formed in the recessed area. The recessed area is resilient and flexible to accommodate inserting and removing the actuator. The actuator has a top wall which is curved and ergonomically configured to receive a user's finger. The actuator comprises an opening for dispensing paint or other liquid. The recessed area has flanges on opposite sides of the opening to facilitate insertion and removal of the actuator thereon.

Spray cap with actuator for aerosol can

Spray cap

33mm hanger cap

A magnetic brush development station for a reproduction apparatus with a movable metering skive so as to enable such metering skive to control and prevent contamination at such metering skive. A developer roller is mounted within the housing for delivering developer material to a development zone, the developer roller including a core magnet inside a shell, the core magnet and the shell having relative rotation. A transport mechanism is provided for delivering developer material from the reservoir to the development roller. A metering skive is provided for establishing a developer material metering gap between the metering skive and the developer roller for controlling the quantity of developer material delivered from the reservoir portion of the housing to the development zone. A mechanism is provided 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 build up of contamination can be substantially prevented.

Movable metering skive for a development station of a reproduction apparatus

Spray head for aerosol cap

A magnetic brush development station including a housing forming, at least in part, a reservoir for developer material. A development roller is mounted within the housing for delivering developer material from the reservoir to a development zone. A plurality of rotatable augers are located in the housing for mixing developer material within the reservoir, and are arranged substantially side-by-side with respective parallel longitudinal axes, the most outboard of the plurality of augers being positioned to be raised and toward the center with respect to the housing of the development station. Accordingly the overall width of the development station is reduced while maintaining centerline distances between each of the plurality of augers so that individual augers do not interfere with one another.

Development station for a reproduction apparatus

A magnetic brush development station with a housing forming a reservoir for developer material has a plurality of augers located in the housing for mixing developer material. A drive for the plurality of augers includes an assembly having a body extending through the development station housing. A plurality of bearings are positioned in the body with a spacer between the plurality of bearings. A rotatable shaft is connected between the plurality of augers and an auger drive member. A seal for the rotatable shaft has a lip formed of a material which is able to stretch sufficiently to maintain sealing contact with the shaft while the shaft is being rotated by the auger drive member.

A magnetic brush development station for a reproduction apparatus. The magnetic brush development station includes a housing forming, at least in part, a reservoir for developer material. The reservoir has a pressure equalization seal. A mechanism is associated with the housing for readily moving the housing relative to the reproduction apparatus. Another mechanism selectively readily replenishes and/or empties at least one component of developer material with respect to the reservoir. A plurality of augers are located in the housing for mixing developer material within the reservoir. A drive for the augers, extending through the housing, has a seal therefor. A development roller, mounted within the housing, delivers developer material from the reservoir to a development zone. The development roller includes a core magnet inside a shell such that the core magnet and the shell having relative rotation. The core magnet extends less than the entire length of the development roller such that the developer nap on the shell does not extend to the end of the development roller. A metering skive, extending the length of the development roller, controls the quantity of developer material delivered from the reservoir portion of the housing to the development zone. The metering skive is positioned parallel to the longitudinal axis of the development roller at a location upstream in the direction of shell rotation prior to the development zone. Further, a magnetic seal is located in association with the skive at each end of the development roller. The magnetic field of the magnetic seal is sufficient to substantially prevent leakage of developer material from the ends of the development roller.

A device for handling corona charger wires in order to facilitate the placement of wires within the housing of the corona charger. The corona wire handling device includes a substantially rectangular frame, the frame having opposed long side members and opposed short side members. The long side members of the rectangular frame are readily separable from the short side members thereof. A mechanism, associated with the rectangular frame, is provided for supporting an intermediate portion of at least one corona wire on the frame. Further, a mechanism is provided for controlling tension on the corona wire induced by the corona wire intermediate support mechanism. Accordingly, when the rectangular frame is associated with the corona charger for placement of a corona wire operatively therein and the tension control mechanism is activated, tension increase in the corona wire induced by insertion of the corona wire in the corona charger is controlled to balance wire tension in order to prevent corona wire damage or breakage. Thereafter, the long side members of the rectangular frame are separated from the short side members to enable removal of excess portions of the rectangular frame and the wire supporting mechanism.

Corona wire handling device

An electrophoretic cell comprising a base member defining a planar support surface is disclosed. A layer of electrophoretic gel medium is disposed on the planar plastic support surface. A glass top face is disposed over the layer of gel. The gel lies between the top face and the base member. Either the top face or the base member is made of transparent material. A plurality of reservoirs are defined between the top face and the base member by the top face and base member. The reservoirs are defined by a plurality of walls disposed between the top face and the base member, and may be integral with the base member. Two opposite edges of the electrophoretic cell are provided with a band of material which is adhered thereto whereby additional strength is provided to the electrophoretic cell.

Ruggedized high-volume enviromentally-friendly electrophoretic cell

A glass cutter is provided having a rectangular body preferably of a transparent plastic. A cutter wheel is mounted inward from the forward edge of the body. The lower surface of the forward portion of the body is inclined upwardly and outwardly to the upper surface of the body to allow the glass cutter to be held at an angle to glass being cut. Additionally, the body of the glass cutter may be of a transparent material and may include an aperture to facilitate viewing a line along which a cut is to be made.

Glass cutter

Image forming apparatus includes a developing device for developing electrostatic images with dry toner. The developing device has more than one developing unit supported on a carriage for movement through a development position. A unitary sump component defines the sump for each unit and includes a mixing device in each sump. The sump component is removable for replacement of developer. The sump component includes a shaft extending from the component which is engageable by a drive in the developing device.

Image forming apparatus having a sump component for multiple developing

A development station for developing electrostatic images includes a housing which has a vertically oriented separating wall which divides the housing into first and second chambers. In assembly both chambers are open at the top permitting ready loading of one chamber with a mixture of toner and carrier and the other chamber with substantially toner. The separating wall includes an opening at the bottom for passage of toner into the chamber containing the mixture. A toner applicator is located at the top of the chamber containing the mixture and a cover is permanently affixed across the tops of the chambers, totally sealing the chambers except for an opening in the cover opposite the toner-applicator. Because of the design of the station, especially the chambers which are open at the top for easy loading of toner and carrier, the station can economically be made disposable. A method for assembling the elements which make up the development station and for loading the toner and/or carrier in the various chambers is also described.

Disposable development station using two component developer and method

In an electrostatographic apparatus including a housing having a lower portion containing electrostatographic process stations and an upper portion connected thereto containing a dielectric member supported on a core, the upper housing portion is movable relative to the lower housing portion to a first (closed) position where the dielectric member is in operative relation to such electrostatographic process stations and a second (open) position wherein the dielectric member is remote from such electrostatographic process stations to enable ready access to such process stations. The dielectric member core is mounted in the upper housing portion for movement with the upper housing portion or movement relative thereto to a position intermediate the upper and lower housing portions when the upper portion is in its second position. A core support and locating device includes a plate member having a surface with a profile which supports the dielectric member core when the core is in its intermediate position, and guides the core automatically into its position for moement with the upper housing portion when the upper housing portion is moved to its first position.

Dielectric member core support and locating device

A device for developing electrostatic images carried on a film belt in an apparatus receiving the developing device includes device location surfaces which seat on apparatus location surfaces in the apparatus to locate the device with respect to the apparatus. Film support surfaces on the device support the film belt a fixed spacing from a developer applicator. The film support surfaces are located within tight tolerances with respect to the surface of the applicator to provide accurate positioning of the applicator and film belt.

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Michael E Jacobs