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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert S Pawlik, Webster, NY (US);
Robert E Gary, Ontario, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355284 ; 118 60 ; 277 12 ; 277D / ;
Abstract
An end sealed metering apparatus includes a cylindrical metering roll mounted for rotation about a central longitudinal axis, a blade aligned with the longitudinal axis and contacting the metering roll, an elastomeric seal supported against an end of the metering roll, a rigid plate coupled with the elastomeric seal for holding the elastomeric seal stationary while the metering roll rotates, and a spring for urging the rigid plate and elastomeric seal against the end of the metering roll.