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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
James M. Casella, Webster, NY (US);
Robert E. Hildebrand, Webster, NY (US);
Anthony G. Poletto, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 5/328 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 5/328 ;
Abstract
Manufacturing a drive system with a mating gear set with substantially reduced gear axis misalignment drive motion non-uniformity error with half-crowned gear teeth, crowned on only one side, to allow for simple and low cost gear molding, but with the mating gears mounted to oppositely mesh their respectively half-crowned sides. The amount of crowning may be in the range of approximately 75-100 microns.