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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
May. 25, 2011
Michael Thomas Dobbertin, Honeoye, NY (US);
David James Cornell, Scottsville, NY (US);
Henry Paul Mitchell, Jr., Webster, NY (US);
Michael Thomas Dobbertin, Honeoye, NY (US);
David James Cornell, Scottsville, NY (US);
Henry Paul Mitchell, Jr., Webster, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A metering skive for a dry electrophotographic (EP) printer is mounted on a retractable skive mount. The skive mount is spring-loaded to a mounting block, and a stop pin sets the distance between the skive mount and the mounting block. A movable spacer with a plurality of laterally-separated regions of respective, different thicknesses is mounted between the head of the stop pin and the mounting block. A retractor can be operated to pull the skive mount towards the mounting block so the spacer can be moved to select a desired spacing between the mounting block and the skive mount, and thus a desired gap between the metering skive and the toning member in the printer.