Coated development electrodes and methods thereof

US5761587A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

• John R. Laing · Rochester, US
• Edward J. Gutman · Webster, US
• J. Stephen Kittelberger · Rochester, US
• John G. VanDusen · Walworth, US
• Suresh K. Ahuja · Webster, US
• Merlin E. Scharfe · Penfield, US
• Richard L. Schank · Pittsford, US
• Mark J. Hirsch · Fairport, US
• Santokh S. Badesha · Pittsford, US
• Arnold W. Henry · Penfield, US
• George J. Heeks · Rochester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 29, 1997
• Grant date: Jun 2, 1998
• Expiry date: Apr 29, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03G2215/0643
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus for reducing accumulation of toner from the surface of an electrode member in a development unit of an electrostatographic printing apparatus which includes providing a low surface energy coating on at least a portion of the electrode member.