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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:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2009
Edward F. Burress, West Linn, OR (US);
Michael Joel Edwards, Beaverton, OR (US);
Joseph Benjamin Gault, Portland, OR (US);
Michael Cameron Gordon, West Linn, OR (US);
Devin Richard Bailly, West Linn, OR (US);
Frank Alexander Weissig, Portland, OR (US);
Barry Daniel Reeves, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Edward F. Burress, West Linn, OR (US);
Michael Joel Edwards, Beaverton, OR (US);
Joseph Benjamin Gault, Portland, OR (US);
Michael Cameron Gordon, West Linn, OR (US);
Devin Richard Bailly, West Linn, OR (US);
Frank Alexander Weissig, Portland, OR (US);
Barry Daniel Reeves, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of servicing a customer replaceable unit of an imaging device includes providing a customer replaceable unit configured for insertion and removal from an imaging device. The customer replaceable unit includes at least an applicator configured to apply a release agent to a surface of an intermediate transfer drum of the imaging device, a reservoir including a supply of the release agent for the applicator, a delivery pump configured to pump release agent from the reservoir to the applicator, a recirculation pump configured to pump release agent from the applicator to the reservoir, and a memory including operational data for the customer replaceable unit. A maintenance procedure is then performed on the customer replaceable unit.