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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1994
Filed:
May. 14, 1993
David J Kilmer, Ontario, NY (US);
Geoffrey M Foley, Fairport, NY (US);
Alexander A Antonelli, Rochester, NY (US);
Eugene A Swain, Webster, NY (US);
Mark C Petropoulos, Ontario, NY (US);
Robert A Duffy, Webster, NY (US);
John K Williams, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for internally holding an at least partially hollow substrate having at least one open end. The apparatus includes a member defining a fluid passageway, a normally inflated porous material mounted on the member in communication with the fluid passageway of the member, and a mechanism, in communication with the member, for deflating the porous material, the deflating mechanism being de-energized in response to the porous material being disposed into the opening in the substrate for enabling the porous material to return to being normally inflated to hold the substrate.