Bruce E. Thayer
108Patents
12h-index
80Co-inventors
89Inventor score
Filing activity: May 18, 1981 → Feb 25, 2016
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5264904A | High reliability blade cleaner system | Physics | 55 | Expired |
| US4819026A | Cleaning apparatus for a charge retentive surface | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US5257079A | Electrostatic brush cleaner with a secondary cleaner | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US5208639A | Multiple cleaning blade indexing apparatus | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US7219569B2 | Integral one-way overrun clutch with epcicycle gear system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Expired |
| US5200788A | Brush auger reclaim filtration in a photoreceptor cleaner housing | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US5530537A | Biased foam roll cleaner | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US5903797A | Monitoring cleaning performance to predict cleaner life | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US5122839A | Dual action blade cleaner | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US5493383A | Sequenced cleaner retraction method and apparatus | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US7428402B2 | Carbon nanotube composites for blade cleaning in electrophotographic marking systems | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US6351623B1 | Toner dispensing apparatus employing a traveling wave transport grid | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US5594541A | Cleaner/waste bottle interface sealing via toner valve | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US5329344A | Lubrication of a detoning roll | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US5519480A | Retraction of cleaner backers to enable disengagement of the cleaner from the photoreceptor for image on image, multi-pass color development | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US5298953A | Biased transfer roll cleaner | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US5669055A | Dual brush cleaner retraction mechanism and variable inertia drift controller for retractable cleaner | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US5546177A | Electrostatic brush cleaner performance monitor | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US5412461A | Friction load insensitive mounting for blade | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US7877054B1 | Process for development of cleaning blade lubrication stripes | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US8422058B2 | Mutualistic engine controller | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US5923940A | Cleaning brush having fibers of different lengths | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US4819031A | Rotating vane toner transport for blade cleaning on horizontal surfaces | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5701572A | Ceramic coated detoning roll for xerographic cleaners | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US6775512B2 | Dual electrostatic brush cleaner bias switching for multiple pass cleaning of high density toner inputs | Physics | 7 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.