| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7524602 |
Low molecular weight latex and toner compositions comprising the same |
April 28, 2009 |
| Provided are a latex process and a toner process, both of which include the preparation of a latex having weight average molecular weight of from about 12.times.10.sup.3 to about 24.times.10.sup.3. The latex is manufactured under monomer-starved polymerization condition such as monom |
| 7524599 |
Toner compositions |
April 28, 2009 |
| A toner composition includes core toner particles and a shell formed over the core toner particles. The core toner particles include a resin substantially free of cross linking, an optional cross linked resin, a polyester resin, and a colorant. The shell includes a resin containing c |
| 7524597 |
Imaging member having nano-sized phase separation in various layers |
April 28, 2009 |
| Imaging members useful in electrostatographic apparatuses, including printers, copiers, other reproductive devices, and digital apparatuses. More particularly, imaging members having nano-sized particles serving as fillers dispersed or contained in one or more layers of the imaging m |
| 7524596 |
Electrophotographic photoreceptors having reduced torque and improved mechanical robustness |
April 28, 2009 |
| Backing layers, which may be useful for reducing torque in electrophotographic photoreceptors, are provided. The backing layers, which may be anti-curl backing layers, include a polymer matrix having a particulate inorganic lubricant and a particulate fluoropolymer uniformly disperse |
| 7524006 |
Fluid ejector including a drop size symbol, a method of disposing a drop size symbol in a fluid |
April 28, 2009 |
| A fluid ejector includes a drop size symbol that is based on the fluid ejector's drop size relative to one or more fixed drop sizes. The drop size symbol is formed by comparing the fluid ejector's drop size to the one or more fixed drop sizes. An image forming device includes a marking |
| 7523946 |
Expandable chuck |
April 28, 2009 |
| The process provides an expandable chuck with a variable diameter bulb having a variable wall thickness, the chuck being operatively designed to stretch the bulb to reduce its diameter for insertion into a photoreceptor pipe and upon relaxation to compress the bulb so as to increased |
| 7523933 |
Adjustable force driving nip assemblies for sheet handling systems |
April 28, 2009 |
| An adjustable force driving nip assembly for use in a sheet transport system of a document creating apparatus has a plurality of adjustable force driving nips aligned and spaced transversely across the sheet travelling path of the sheet transport system. Each driving nip has a spring |
| 7522869 |
Inline wax coating process for xerographically prepared MICR checks |
April 21, 2009 |
| A process of MICR and non-MICR electrostatic magnetic imaging of two independent electrostatic latent images including forming a first electrostatic latent image in a MICR printing apparatus; developing the first electrostatic latent image by contacting the first electrostatic latent |
| 7522313 |
Intelligent trapping |
April 21, 2009 |
| This invention relates to a method and apparatus for implementing a trapping operation on a digital image during image processing. Some embodiments of the present invention provide an intelligent trapping process to compensate for registration errors or halo effect errors by an imagi |
| 7521165 |
Varnish |
April 21, 2009 |
| A varnish composition and the method of making a varnish composition comprising at least one latex emulsion, water, at least one amino alcohol or at least one alkali base and at least one surfactant. |
| 7521159 |
Multicolor electronic paper |
April 21, 2009 |
| A reimagable medium and a method for "writing" to a reimagable medium are disclosed. The reimagable medium includes a liquid crystal layer, one or more photochromic layers and an electric field generating apparatus. The electric field generating apparatus supplies voltage levels across t |
| 7520505 |
High speed vertical reciprocating sheet trail edge stacking assistance system |
April 21, 2009 |
| A print media sheets trailing edge knockdown stacking assistance system, in a compiler or other stacking system with a substantial sheet gravity drop, activated for each ejected sheet to move substantially linearly and perpendicularly downwardly from above, but adjacent to, the sheet |
| 7520222 |
Phase change ink formulation containing a combination of a urethane resin, a mixed urethane/urea |
April 21, 2009 |
| Phase change ink carrier compositions comprising an admixture of (1) at least one urethane resin; and/or (2) at least one mixed urethane/urea resin; and/or (3) at least one mono-amide; and/or (4) at least one polyethylene wax are provided. In addition, a phase change colored ink of s |
| 7519314 |
Multiple IOT photoreceptor belt seam synchronization |
April 14, 2009 |
| An imaging system includes a plurality of imaging engines each comprising a photoreceptor belt having a belt seam. A sensor determines a relative position of a first photoreceptor belt of a first one of the imaging engines relative to a second photoreceptor belt seam of a second one of |
| 7518759 |
Readout system for a CMOS-based image sensor array |
April 14, 2009 |
| In an image sensor having a plurality of photodiodes, subsets of photodiodes share a common node for signals to be sent to an amplifier. Within each subset, each individual photodiode is selected for sending signals to the amplifier by an associated selection device. The selection de |
| 7518745 |
Imaging system with haptic interface |
April 14, 2009 |
| An imaging system includes a processing component which receives images to be rendered and a rendering device, such as a marking engine, fax machine or email system, in communication with the processing component for rendering an image supplied by the processing component. A haptic i |
| 7518618 |
Anti-aliased tagging using look-up table edge pixel identification |
April 14, 2009 |
| The teachings provided herein disclose an image processing method for rendering a digital image possessing anti-aliased pixels by selecting a target pixel location within the digital image; observing a set of pixels within a pixel observation window superimposed on the digital image |
| 7518376 |
Electric field probe |
April 14, 2009 |
| This is an electronic scanning probe, preferably made up of at least two sensing elements, each sensing element substantially surrounded by reference electrodes. These sensing elements are separated at a distance that causes little or no cross-interference to take place between these |
| 7517945 |
Polythiophenes and devices thereof |
April 14, 2009 |
| Polythiophenes of the formula ##STR00001## wherein R is a side chain; m is the number of substituents; A is a divalent linkage; x, y and z represent, respectively, the numbers of R substituted thienylene, unsubstituted thienylene, and divalent linkages A in the monomer segment with |
| 7517928 |
Siloxane-acrylate interpenetrating networks and methods for producing the same |
April 14, 2009 |
| Siloxane-containing materials that have been prepared by a sol-gel method and polymeric binder materials from interpenetrating networks. Silicon-containing layers including such interpenetrating networks are provided. Methods for preparing interpenetrating networks and silicon-contai |
| 7517641 |
High performance curable polymers and processes for the preparation thereof |
April 14, 2009 |
| Disclosed is a composition which comprises a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with photosensitivity-imparting substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to actinic radiation, said polymer being of the formula ##STR00001## |
| 7517624 |
Imaging member |
April 14, 2009 |
| The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to charge transport layers useful in electrostatography. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to an electrostatographic imaging member with an improved charge transport layer including a polymeric binder that lowers the surface e |
| 7517623 |
Imaging member having antistatic anticurl back coating |
April 14, 2009 |
| The presently disclosed embodiments relate in general to electrophotographic imaging members, such as layered photoreceptor structures, and processes for making and using the same. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to the incorporation of polyol esters and/or amides in the a |
| 7517477 |
Polydiazaacenes and electronic devices generated therefrom |
April 14, 2009 |
| An electronic device, such as a thin film transistor, containing a polymer of the formula or structure ##STR00001## wherein at least one of each R, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 is independently hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, halogen, arylalkyl, cyano, or nitro |
| 7517476 |
Polydiazaacenes |
April 14, 2009 |
| A polymer represented by Formula or structure (I) ##STR00001## wherein at least one of each R, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, and R.sub.6 is independently hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, halogen, cyano, or nitro; x, y, a and b represent the number of groups a |
| 7517424 |
Elastic microchannel collimating arrays and method of fabrication |
April 14, 2009 |
| A microchannel collimating array may be fabricated by casting an elastic sheet onto a substrate containing a plurality of pedestals. The elastic sheet may be cured, and then pulled away from the substrate, leaving the elastic sheet with a plurality of tubes at the locations of the pe |
| 7517072 |
Solid ink stick with enhanced differentiation |
April 14, 2009 |
| An ink stick for use in a phase change ink imaging device is provided. The ink stick comprises a three dimensional ink stick body having an exterior surface. Two or more interface tracks are formed in the exterior surface of the ink stick parallel to a feed direction of an ink loader. Ea |
| 7517043 |
Fluidic structures |
April 14, 2009 |
| Various fluidic techniques can employ ducting structures, such as microstructures, that extend between other components, such as plate-like structures. A ducting structure can, for example, include an inlet opening toward or near one plate-like structure, an outlet opening toward or |
| 7516956 |
Repositionable sheet side guide and sheet size indicator |
April 14, 2009 |
| For sheet stacking trays having a lowered sheet stacking position and raised sheet feeding positions, and repositionable stack edge guides, improved visual accuracy for the repositioning of the stack edge guide for different sheet sizes is provided by automatically extending out an e |
| 7516040 |
System and method for automated detection of printing defects in an image output device |
April 7, 2009 |
| A system and method for the automated detection of printing defects in an image output device are described, employing an imaging device adjacent a photoresponsive member in the output device, wherein the imaging device generates image signals in response to developed and undeveloped reg |
| 7515868 |
Stripper assembly and a printing machine including the same |
April 7, 2009 |
| A stripper assembly strips a media sheet from a photoreceptor belt. A support bracket supports a stripping finger base which includes a multiplicity of attached stripping fingers. The support bracket is fixed proximate to the photoreceptor belt in a media stripping position. Each str |
| 7515843 |
Color mis-registration measurement using an infra-red color density sensor |
April 7, 2009 |
| A xerographic system (8) includes a moving photoreceptor (10) and multiple toner development systems (12, 14) arranged to selectively dispose regions of toner on the moving photoreceptor. A toner density sensor (40) is arranged to measure toner density on the moving photoreceptor over a |
| 7515732 |
Method of embedding color information in printed documents using watermarking |
April 7, 2009 |
| A method for enhancing color fidelity in multi-reproduction, includes scanning an image to be reproduced, wherein the image contains an invisible digital watermark including color information; decoding the color information contained in the watermark; comparing the decoded color info |
| 7515305 |
Systems and methods for measuring uniformity in images |
April 7, 2009 |
| A method for measuring spatial uniformity in an image is provided and includes printing a test pattern from an image forming device having a plurality of strips and rows of fiducials proximal thereto. The method further provides for correcting of distortions in an image caused by pri |
| 7514195 |
Toner compositions |
April 7, 2009 |
| Toner compositions provide a resin substantially free of cross linking; a cross linked resin; a wax; a coagulant; and a colorant; wherein the toner composition provides a fused image gloss of about 1 to about 20 gloss units. |
| 7514192 |
Photoconductive members |
April 7, 2009 |
| A photoconductive member component comprising a supporting substrate and thereover a photogenerating layer comprising a tetrahalobenzamidazolebenzene or a bis(tetrahalophenyl)biphenylbisimidazole of the alternative following formulas or dimers thereof ##STR00001## wherein each of R. |
| 7514191 |
Imaging member |
April 7, 2009 |
| An imaging member is disclosed with a charge transport layer comprising a dimethyl terphenyl diamine having the structure of Formula (I): ##STR00001## wherein n is an integer from 0 to about 18. The resulting imaging member has enhanced performance properties. |
| 7513952 |
Model based detection and compensation of glitches in color measurement systems |
April 7, 2009 |
| A color sensor monitors the output of a color producing process and produces a signal representative of a color produced by the color producing process. The signal can be used as feedback signal to control the process. Occasionally, the color sensor signal includes a component repres |
| 7513606 |
Fluid coupler and a device arranged with the same |
April 7, 2009 |
| Plural film layers are disposed on a substrate. Each film layer has regions devoid of film material, thus forming film layer cavity openings. Each film layer has its cavities arranged to provide fluid coupling with its adjacent film layer or layers. The film layer cavities form a tra |
| 7512377 |
System and method for extending speed capability of sheet registration in a high speed printer |
March 31, 2009 |
| A system and method for registering a sheet transported along a sheet path of a printing system, including receiving a sheet at a first location, transporting the sheet along the sheet path from the first location in a downstream direction at a first speed. The speed at which the sheet i |
| 7512372 |
Temperature-changing pressure roller assembly and a fusing apparatus having same |
March 31, 2009 |
| A temperature-changing pressure roller assembly is provided and includes (a) a rotatable pressure roller including a cylindrical sleeve having an outer surface, and an inner surface defining a hollow interior to the rotatable pressure roller having a first end and a second and opposite |
| 7512368 |
Cleaning systems for fuser members and method of cleaning fuser members |
March 31, 2009 |
| Cleaning systems for cleaning fuser devices in electrostatographic printing apparatuses and methods of cleaning fuser devices using such cleaning systems are provided. The disclosed cleaning systems include flexible substrates having a surface coated with a high surface-energy film a |
| 7512367 |
Ultrasonic backer for bias transfer systems |
March 31, 2009 |
| Embodiments herein comprise a printing apparatus having a media path and a printing engine along the media path. The printing engine comprises a back up roll having an outer surface and an inner surface, a bias roll adjacent the outer surface of the back up roll, a photoreceptor belt, an |
| 7512366 |
Apparatus and methods for loading a donor roll utilizing a slow speed trim roll |
March 31, 2009 |
| An apparatus for loading one or more donor rolls of a developer unit, including: a developer housing having a reservoir for a developer material, the developer material comprising toner, a rotatable first donor roll that delivers the toner onto a moving photoconductive member, a rota |
| 7512357 |
Image forming device arranged with plural particle removal devices |
March 31, 2009 |
| An image forming device includes marking material dispensers for disposing an image on an imaging drum surface. The image forming device further includes plural particle removal devices comprising first and second particle removal devices coupled to a vacuum source. The first particle |
| 7511864 |
Image scanning apparatus that scans both sides of an input sheet |
March 31, 2009 |
| A document handler, such as used in a digital copier, includes an input tray and an output tray, connected by a paper path. Along the paper path are disposed two scan heads, one to record image data from each side of the sheet. The two scan heads are separated from each other along the |
| 7511860 |
Systems and methods of embedding gamut mapping information into printed images |
March 31, 2009 |
| Systems and methods preserve the information lost in gamut-mapping during marking (e.g., printing) such that the lost information survives the marking and recapture (e.g. scanning) process. Generally, an encoding method may include gamut-mapping and image for a particular device; det |
| 7511858 |
Method for printing a visual printer calibration test pattern |
March 31, 2009 |
| A method of printing a test pattern including printing cyan or magenta in a test region using a default printer half-tone, printing a yellow in a reference area portion of the test region using a coarse clustered dot half-tone, and printing different levels of yellow in test patch region |
| 7511855 |
Systems and methods for reducing edge effects |
March 31, 2009 |
| Systems, methods, and programs for reducing edge effects, the systems, methods, and programs include inputting an image mask, the image mask defining the location of a boundary to receive a coating , modifying an edge of the image mask to reduced the thickness of the coating at the m |
| 7511845 |
Method and system for integrated production of documents using variable data from a data managem |
March 31, 2009 |
| A message bridge integrates a data management system with a document production system so that variable data may be provided to the document production system without off-line processing. The message bridge includes a transport adapter and a Web server. Preferably, a transport adapte |
