Xerox Corporation

Steven W Baldwin

Bruce Earl Thayer

Thomas Acquaviva

Daniel Lee Carter

Dara Nanette Lubin

Moritz Patrick Wagner

Richard F Scarlata

Dennis G Gerbasi

William Alexander Burton

Joseph Salvatore Vetromile

David R Stookey

Alan G Schlageter

William Brant

Ralph J Weber

William M OuYang

James R York

Lawrence Dee Dipzinski

Vernon W Ulrich

James J Teich

Prashant K Phadnis

Richard R Getz

Samuel Joseph Nicolosi

Wayne Cheng

Ana M Perez

Thomas A Prentiss

Matthew P Daniels

Arthur T Vumback

Robert J Katchmar

Carolina Creus

Ronald E McGarvey

John Lombino

James M Cassidy, Jr

A latch mechanism selectively maintains a first component in a fixed position relative to a second component. The latch mechanism include a first member for selective attachment to the first component; and a second member for selective attachment to a second component and pivotally attached to the first member. The first and second members assume a locked position when the first and second members are substantially aligned and assume an unlocked position when the first and second members are traverse to each other. A handle is pivotally connected to the second member. A link member is pivotally connected at one end to the second member and pivotally connected at an opposite end to the handle. The link member assumes a first position when the handle is moved to a corresponding first handle position to have the link member overcenter with respect to the first and second members to brace the first and second members in a locked position. The link member also assumes a second position when the handle is moved to a corresponding second handle position to move the link member traverse to the second member to allow the first and second members to pivot relative to each other. The link member maintains the first and second members in the locked position until the handle is moved from the first handle position to the second handle position.

Manual dual overcenter latch mechanism and lock mechanism

A paper conditioner to control image dependent curl which uses one or more counter-rotating transfer rollers which are initially spaced from their respective back-up rollers in the intercopy gap, and which come together as the lead edge enters the nip area, and separates when the trail edge is about to pass. This permits the rollers to have a less demanding runout tolerance by bringing the rollers together when the sheet is in the nip, and then articulating the rollers apart in the intercopy gap.

Paper conditioner with articulating back-up/transfer rollers

An apparatus and printing machine that contain a cleaner brush with long sweeper fibers orientated along the overall width of the brush, and having a greater length than the majority of fibers of the brush to remove the particles that adhere to the cleaner housing and thus, prevent toner droppings.

Cleaning brush having fibers of different lengths

The physical integrity of a large-scale hardware connection between two modules, such as in the context of high-speed digital printing, is tested by entering a diagnostic mode in which single-instruction handshake routines are repeatedly sent from one module to another through a parallel bus. Each handshake routine activates all of the communication lines in the bus. If a sending module does not receive the expected response to the single-instruction handshake routine within a predetermined time, the sending module causes an audible signal to be emitted. Service personnel can manually manipulate various cables, connectors, and sockets forming a hardware connection while the system is in diagnostic mode, to isolate the location of a hardware fault.

Method and apparatus for testing a connection between digital processing

A roll member, typically for use in a sheet transport system, including a body portion that is susceptible to wear, wherein a visually distinguishable wear indicator is provided for indicating a predetermined amount of wear in the body of the roll member.

Roll member wear indicator

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Steven W Baldwin