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Xerox Corporation

Stuart B Berger

John M Hammond

Mark C Petropoulos

Joseph C Mammino

William G Herbert

Robert W Nolley

Alexander A Antonelli

Anthony A Attardi

Paul J Kaveny

Fredrick A Warner

Frederick A Warner

Ernst F Matyi

Ernest F Matyl

The presently disclosed footstool comprises a collapsible footstool that is useful for conveniently placing one's foot into comfortable reach to facilitate personal grooming, shoe tying, and the like. The collapsible footrest features a height adjustable footrest that positions one's toes at different selected heights relative to the footstool's table top. The table top includes raised edges that form a tray for holding personal grooming tools and the like. The table top likewise preferably includes a drawer for storing tools and like when not in use. The table top further includes one or more USB ports that power/support optional accessories that plug into the table top, such as a light, magnifying lens, and/or a fan.

Portable, collapsible footstool

Object storage trays provide a tray for storing pots, pans, and their lids. First and second top members and first and second end members form a generally rectangular frame attached to a first center member, a first cross member, and a second cross member. Generally sinusoidal longitudinal members are attached to the first cross member, first center member, and second cross member. Glider brackets are attached beneath the longitudinal members to connect gliders to the object storage tray. Dividers mounted on sliding pivots are attached to the first center member and have lid handle notches in their middles. A telescoping embodiment of the invention is also disclosed that permits adjustments to the width of the object storage tray.

Object storage tray

Medicine caddies store and organize medicines. A bottom tier with a first shelf, a first wall, and a first divider is slidably and rotatably mounted on a base. A second tier with a second shelf, a second wall, and a second divider is attached to the first wall. Barriers enclose the sides of the first and second walls. Cutouts present in the middle of the first and second walls allow divider hooks on the dividers to be slidably and removably attached to the first and second walls. Barrier slots in the top of the barriers slidably and removably receive barrier hooks attached to the dividers. A second embodiment has a rotation joint between the first and second walls and has its dividers slidably attached to only the first and second walls. Tabs are provided as a perforated sheet and are attached to the barriers by tab holders to identify medicines.

Medicine caddy

An apparatus and method for processing cylindrical and belt-like substrates includes a carousel rotatable to any one of a plurality of planetary stations surrounding the carousel, the carousel having a support structure defining a central horizontal axis and at least one support arm mounted on the support structure for supporting a substrate thereon along a horizontal axis parallel to and radially offset from the central horizontal axis. The support structure reciprocates relative to any one of the plurality of stations to insert the substrate into and withdraw the substrate from any one of the plurality of stations, and the at least one support arm is rotatable about its offset horizontal axis to rotate the substrate thereon. A loading station is located at a first position of the carousel for placing a substrate on the support arm; a cleaning station is located at a second position of the carousel, the cleaning station including a cleaning chamber for receiving the at least one support arm bearing the substrate and having decontaminating means for removing contaminants from the substrate; a coating station is located at a third position of the carousel, the coating station including a coating chamber for receiving the at least one support arm bearing the substrate and having an applicator aligned with the central horizontal axis of the support structure for applying a coating formulation radially outward onto the substrate; and a curing station is located at a fourth position of the carousel, the curing station including a curing chamber for receiving the at least one support arm bearing the substrate and having curing means for curing the coating on the substrate. Preferably, the support structure includes a plurality of support arms arranged in a planetary array about the central horizontal axis of the support structure.

Method of cleaning, coating and curing receptor substrates in an

Distortion-free method of mounting an end piece member on a thin-walled hollow tube member, particularly in the assembly of photoreceptor drums and the like, includes the steps of supporting an expandable end piece member within the chamber of an air centering device with its central axis aligned vertically; applying a layer of flowable adhesive to the interior surface of an open end of the hollow tube member; freely suspending the tube member above the end piece member with the open end remaining free of radial distortion and directed toward the end piece member; centering the tube member, by means of the air centering device, to concentrically align the tube member with the end piece member; inserting the end piece member into the tube member; deformingly expanding the end piece member until the layer of flowable adhesive is sufficiently compressed between an outer peripheral edge of the end piece member and the interior surface of the tube member, so as to absorb any dimensional discrepancies therebetween; ceasing the expansion of the end piece member once the radial distortion of the tube member reaches a predetermined distortion value; and curing the flowable adhesive to affix and maintain the end piece member concentrically within the tube member.

Distortion-free method of mounting an end piece on a thin-walled hollow

A method and apparatus for securing a drum blank for machining includes inserting a cylindrical mandrel within a bore of a drum blank, introducing a liquid support material into a space between the outer diameter of the mandrel and the inner diameter of the drum blank, and solidifying the support material. Once the support material is solidified, the drum blank is securely held to the mandrel. Machining operations can be performed by mounting the assembly in a lathe. After machining is completed, the support material may be treated so that the mandrel can be removed from the drum blank. The mandrel may then be recycled.

Method and apparatus for securing drum blanks on isostatic mandrel

An apparatus and method for processing cylindrical and belt-like substrates includes a carousel rotatable to any one of a plurality of planetary stations surrounding the carousel, the carousel having a support structure defining a central horizontal axis and at least one support arm mounted on the support structure for supporting a substrate thereon along a horizonal axis parallel to and radially offset from the central horizontal axis. The support structure reciprocates relative to any one of the plurality of stations to insert the substrate into and withdraw the substrate from any one of the plurality of stations, and the at least one support arm is rotatable about its offset horizontal axis to rotate the substrate thereon. A loading station is located at a first position of the carousel for placing a substrate on the support arm; a cleaning station is located at a second position of the carousel, the cleaning station including a cleaning chamber for receiving the at least one support arm bearing the substrate and having decontaminating means for removing contanimants from the substrate; a coating station is located at a third position of the carousel, the coating station including a coating chamber for receiving the at least one support arm bearing the substrate and having an applicator aligned with the central horizontal axis of the support structure for applying a coating formulation radially outward onto the substrate; and a curing station is located at a fourth position of the carousel, the curing station including a curing chamber for receiving the at least one support arm bearing the substrate and having curing means for curing the coating on the substrate. Preferably, the support structure includes a plurality of support arms arranged in a planetary array about the central horizontal axis of the support structure.

Method and apparatus for cleaning, coating and curing receptor

A method and apparatus for coating cylindrical and belt-like photoreceptor substrates includes a coating chamber for receiving a planetary array of substrates surrounding a central horizontal axis. An applicator is located within the coating chamber along the central horizontal axis for directing a spray radially outward toward the substrates which rotate about their own axes during the coating operation.

A holder device for holding paper articles and writing instruments includes a housing having a pair of compartments therein. A permanent magnet is mounted on the housing and is removably received on a ferrous metallic bar which is mounted on a stationary object. An ejector assembly is contained in one of the compartments for ejecting the writing instruments from the compartment.

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Stuart B Berger