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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:
Nov. 21, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert C Yu, Webster, NY (US);
Geoffrey M Foley, Fairport, NY (US);
William G Herbert, Williamson, NY (US);
William W Limburg, Penfield, NY (US);
Satchidanand Mishra, Webster, NY (US);
Richard L Post, Penfield, NY (US);
Donald C Von Hoene, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355219 ; 250324 ; 355221 ; 361230 ;
Abstract
A corona generating device of the type having a conductive shield partially surrounding a corona discharge electrode is provided with heating element. The heating element raises the surface temperature of the conductive shield to reduce or eliminate the adsorption of corona effluents and thereby minimize or prevent copy quality defects.