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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:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fumii Higuchi, Mississauga, CA;
John J Ianni, Medina, NY (US);
Fraser S Smith, Burlington, CA;
Michael G Hawkins, Rochester, NY (US);
Joseph L Leonardo, Penfield, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264145 ; 264143 ; 264147 ; 425308 ; 425461 ; 425467 ; 430137 ;
Abstract
A die for the preparation of a toner resin in an extruder having a housing defining a housing aperture therein and a conveyor for conveying the resin through the housing aperture to form a stream of resin is provided. The die includes a member connected to a first end of the housing. The member defines an opening therethrough. The member includes a splitter disposed adjacent the opening for splitting a stream of resin passing through the opening in a first direction into two separate streams of resin.