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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Scott A. Martin, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 2/120 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 2/120 ;
Abstract
A low pressure air duct seal assembly for an electrophotographic reproduction machine is disclosed, which has a pair of air duct pieces. One of the air duct pieces has an end portion, an outer surface, and a circumferential groove formed on the outer surface and disposed adjacent the end portion. An O-ring is disposed in the groove, and heat shrink tubing is disposed over a portion of the outer surface of the air duct piece and covering the O-ring. The other air duct piece has an end portion and a coupling disposed adjacent the end portion for receiving the end portion of the first air duct piece.