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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1999
Ajay Kumar, Fairport, NY (US);
Dhirendra C. Damji, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A charging apparatus for applying a uniform electrostatic charge to a charge retentive surface is provided. There is also provided a housing; an array of pin electrodes supported by said housing and positioned adjacent said surface in a non-contact relationship; wherein each pin in said array being composed of austenitic stainless steel; a power supply operatively coupled to said pin electrodes for supplying a predetermined current to each of said pin electrode, wherein said predetermined current ranges from 5 &mgr;A/pin and which co-acts with a protruding distance of the pins from the housing so as to optimize the charge uniformity and to minimize the ozone generated within said charging apparatus.