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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1995
Ismael R Sanchez, Rochester, NY (US);
Robert S Foltz, Rochester, NY (US);
Warren F Brydges, Macedon, NY (US);
William A Hammond, Rochester, NY (US);
Eugene A Swain, Webster, NY (US);
John K Williams, Monroe Fairport, NY (US);
Richard C Petralia, Rochester, NY (US);
Thong H Vo, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A hollow cylindrical electrostatographic imaging member supporting end flange including a disk shaped member, a supporting hub extending axially from the disk shaped member and a metal disk coaxially secured to the hub, the disk comprising a plurality of rectangular tabs extending radially from the disk in a direction away from an imaginary axis of the hub for engagement with the hollow cylindrical electrostatographic imaging member upon insertion of the hub and disk shaped member into one end of the hollow cylindrical electrostatographic imaging member. When this end flange is inserted into one end of the hollow cylindrical electrostatographic imaging member, the plurality of rectangular tabs extending radially from the disk engage the inner surface of the hollow cylindrical electrostatographic imaging member.