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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2000
Paul M. Wegman, Pittsford, NY (US);
Joseph S. Zelazny, Webster, NY (US);
Mikhail Vaynshteyn, Rochester, NY (US);
Fumii Higuchi, Mississauga, CA;
Joseph C. Barbisan, Mississauga, CA;
Oleg Y. Abramov, St. Petersburg, RU;
Sergei D. Ryabov, St. Petersburg, RU;
Yuri A. Yudin, St. Petersburg, RU;
Alexander G. Kashkarov, St. Petersburg, RU;
Alexander N. Gerasimov, St. Petersburg, RU;
Victor A. Kouzmitchev, St. Petersburg, RU;
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for filling a powder container, including the steps of placing a first powder container to be filled in filling relationship to a supply of powder in a vessel, vibrofluidizing the powder in the vessel to improve its flow properties, dispensing powder from the vessel into the first container, removing the first container from the vessel, and placing a second container to be filled in filling relationship to the vessel.