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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. 04, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
James M Markovics, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399167 ; 399111 ;
Abstract
A detachable imaging module for an electrostatographic printing apparatus, including: (a) a housing; (b) a cylindrical, rotatable photoreceptor at least partially disposed within the housing, wherein the photoreceptor has a non-imaging area; and (c) a frictional drive apparatus in contact with the non-imaging area for facilitating rotation of the photoreceptor by frictional contact, wherein there is absent a rotational drive gear coupled to the photoreceptor.