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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:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2008
Applicants:
Matthew David Heid, Simpsonville, KY (US);
James Christopher Piotrowski, Lexington, KY (US);
Joshua Carl Poterjoy, Lexington, KY (US);
Donald Wayne Stafford, Lexington, KY (US);
Inventors:
Matthew David Heid, Simpsonville, KY (US);
James Christopher Piotrowski, Lexington, KY (US);
Joshua Carl Poterjoy, Lexington, KY (US);
Donald Wayne Stafford, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming equipment, e.g., a laser printer includes a photoconductive (PC) drum and an associated charge roller and incorporates a conductive polymer cleaner blade having an electrical potential to sufficiently charge contamination particles on the PC drum to electrically repel from a charged surface, such as the charge roller.