Pneumatic spring for SED resistance brush commutator

• US 5,966,575 A
• Filed: 11/20/1998
• Issued: 10/12/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Anderson, Robert B. Jr., Wayman, William H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Grimley, Arthur T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGO, HOANG X
• Application Number:
  US09/196,593
• Time in Patent Office: 326 Days
• Field of Search: 310/243, 310/247, 310/248, 310/239, 399/222, 399/252, 399/265, 399/266, 399/279, 399/290, 399/292, 399/293, 399/291, 399/99, 399/92, 399/93, 399/98, 399/91
• US Class Current: 399/266
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/0803 in a powder cloud
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2215/0621 powder cloud
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2215/0643 Electrodes in developing area, e.g. wires, not belonging to the main donor part

Abstract

An apparatus for developing a latent image recorded on a surface, including; a housing defining a chamber storing at least a supply of toner therein; a donor member spaced from the surface and adapted to transport toner from the chamber of the housing to a development zone adjacent the surface; a plurality of electrodes longitudinally disposed on the donor member; and a commutator brush contacting the electrodes along a portion of the circumference of the donor member, said commutator brush including means for generating pneumatic force to move said commutator brush into contact with the electrodes.

Claims

1. An apparatus for developing a latent image recorded on a surface, including:

a housing defining a chamber storing at least a supply of toner therein;

a donor member spaced from the surface and adapted to transport toner from the chamber of the housing to a development zone adjacent the surface;

a plurality of electrodes longitudinally disposed on the donor member;

a commutator brush contacting the electrodes along a portion of the circumference of the donor member, said commutator brush including means for generating pneumatic force to move said commutator brush into contact with the electrodes and a back plate having a plurality of brush filaments attached thereto,

an end cap for supporting said donor member, said end cap having a cavity defined therein for holding said commutator brush,

a blower for supply air to said cavity in a space above said back plate thereby providing pneumatic force to move said commutator brush into contact with said electrodes and wherein said back plate has a plurality of apertures defined therein, said apertures allow air to flow therethrough to clear toner and ozone from said portion.

2. An apparatus for developing a latent image recorded on a surface, including:

a housing defining a chamber storing at least a supply of toner therein;

a donor member spaced from the surface and adapted to transport toner from the chamber of the housing to a development zone adjacent the surface;

a plurality of electrodes longitudinally disposed on the donor member; and

a commutator brush contacting the electrodes along a portion of the circumference of the donor member, said commutator brush including means for generating pneumatic force to move said commutator brush into contact with the electrodes, said commutator brush includes a back plate having a plurality of brush filaments attached thereto,

an end cap for supporting said donor member, said end cap having a cavity defined therein for holding said commutator brush said cavity has a plurality of apertures defined therein, said apertures being positioned to allow air to clear toner and ozone from said portion.