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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2005
Applicants:
Daniel R. Palmer, Rochester, NY (US);
Douglas W. Dehollander, Brockport, NY (US);
Inventors:
Daniel R. Palmer, Rochester, NY (US);
Douglas W. DeHollander, Brockport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A charging mechanism for an electrophotographic reproduction system has a charger cartridge inserted into a charger sleeve. The charger cartridge has multiple facets, each with a corona charger. The charger cartridge is positioned in the charger sleeve to have the corona charger of one facet adjacent to a photoconductor in the electrophotographic reproduction system. The charger cartridge may be repositioned in the charger sleeve to have another corona charger from another facet adjacent to the photoconductor.