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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
May. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen Francis DeFosse, Lexington, KY (US);
Edward Lawrence Kiely, Lexington, KY (US);
Sean David Smith, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 2/900 ;
Abstract
A star wheel manufacturing process, and a star wheel manufactured thereby, suitable for an ink jet printer. Metal is formed by chemical milling, subtractive etching or the like, into the desired star wheel configuration, including a plurality of radially extending projections having tips. At least a portion of each tip has an electropolished surface. A coating of fluorinated polymer or the like may be applied to at least a portion of the electrolpolished surface on each tip.