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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2010
Jarrett Clark Gayne, Lexington, KY (US);
David Keith Schattner, Lexington, KY (US);
Jarrett Clark Gayne, Lexington, KY (US);
David Keith Schattner, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A bearing plate for rotably supporting a photoconductor drum having a center shaft according to one exemplary embodiment includes a body having a first side, a second side, and an edge surface between the first and second sides. A center hole extends through the body for rotably receiving an end of the center shaft and positionally referencing an outer surface of the photoconductor drum to a center axis of the center hole. A support arm extends from the body in a non-radial direction. The support arm has a mounting surface for receiving an additional component positionally referenced to the center axis. An assembly for use in an image forming device according to one embodiment includes a photoconductor drum having a center shaft and a pair of substantially identical bearing plates mounted on opposite ends of the photoconductor drum. The bearing plates are translated from one another and have identical orientations.