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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:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
May. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henry T Mastalski, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
216-8 ; 216 65 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed comprising: (a) rotating a hollow cylindrical substrate having a coating thereon; (b) employing a gas bearing around the circumference of the rotating substrate along a portion of the length of the substrate to provide support to the substrate during its rotation; and (c) removing a portion of the coating.