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Carbon fiber commutator brush for a toner developing device and method for making

US6289187A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 4, 1999
Grant dateSep 11, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 4, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/23929
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A commutator brush having carbon fibers encased in a resin matrix and extending outwardly therefrom and a method of making thereof. The carbon fibers are cold cut by a laser beam to minimize heating thereof. The commutative brush is in wiping contact with electrodes on a donor roll used in a development system of an electrophotographic printing machine.

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