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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2006
Eliud Robles-flores, Webster, NY (US);
Bruce J. Parks, Bloomfield, NY (US);
Edward W. Schnepf, Ontario, NY (US);
David Montfort, Webster, NY (US);
Eliud Robles-Flores, Webster, NY (US);
Bruce J. Parks, Bloomfield, NY (US);
Edward W. Schnepf, Ontario, NY (US);
David Montfort, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Embodiments herein include a transfer assist blade that is adapted to bias media toward a marking device. The transfer assist blade has a plurality of movable blade segments that overlap one another. In one embodiment, a first movable blade segment (comprising a first wear layer and a first underlying layer beneath the first wear layer) overlies a second movable blade segment (comprising a second wear layer and a second underlying layer beneath the first wear layer). More specifically, in this embodiment, a portion of the first wear layer overlaps a portion of the second wear layer.