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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2001
Satchidanand Mishra, Webster, NY (US);
Zoran D. Popovic, Mississauga, CA;
Anthony M. Horgan, Pittsford, NY (US);
Robert C. U. Yu, Webster, NY (US);
Geoffrey M. T. Foley, Fairport, NY (US);
Huoy-Jen Yuh, Pittsford, NY (US);
Eugene A. Swain, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method including: (a) dispensing an electrically conductive liquid into a contact member permeable to the liquid; (b) rubbing the contact member and a surface against each other, at a contact length greater than a tangential contact length, to release the liquid from the contact member to wet the surface with the electrically conductive liquid in a layer ranging in thickness from about 1 to about 100 micrometers; and (c) electrifying the liquid at any time effective for imparting an electrical charge to the surface.