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Nancy J. Finn, Stormville, NY US
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| 20110099344 | FACILITATING DATA COMPRESSION DURING REPLICATION USING A COMPRESSIBLE CONFIGURATION BIT - Computer program product, system and method are provided for facilitating data replication in a storage system. A logical volume of a first storage array of a replicated pair is preconfigured with one or more logical volume attributes, which include a compressible configuration bit that indicates whether data blocks to be stored to that logical volume are compressible during replication. Subsequently, with receipt of a data block at the first storage array to be stored to the logical volume, a check of the compressible configuration bit is made to determine whether the data block is compressible during replication, and if so, the data block is compressed for replication. The compressible configuration bit is placed into the payload region of the data packet being replicated to the second storage array. At the second storage array, the compressible configuration bit is used to determine whether to uncompress the replicated data block. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110153964 | PRIORITIZING SUBGROUPS IN A CONSISTENCY GROUP - A method which prioritizes the subgroups in a consistency group by usage and/or business process. Thereafter, in case of abnormal operation of the process for copying the consistency group from primary storage to secondary storage, only a portion of the subgroups of the consistency group are copied from primary storage to secondary storage. | 06-23-2011 |
Patrick Finn, Webster, NY US
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| 20090022897 | High temperature silicone processing of fuser structure - This is a process to restore compression set properties of a silicone rubber fuser structure that has been damaged during the coating of the silicone with Teflon; Teflon is a registered trademark of DuPont. This restoration is achieved by re-baking the coated fuser roll at temperatures of 175° C. to 275° C. This will improve the compression set and will give the fuser structure improved life and provide better image quality. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20100124446 | ISO-THERMALIZING GRAPHITE PRINTER STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - An iso-thermalizing printer structure can be used to provide temperature uniformity across a width of a printer fuser roll or fuser belt. Various embodiments are contemplated, including a solid natural graphite shaft, a solid natural graphite core having a sleeve of metal such as aluminum, and other flexible and rigid structures which can comprise natural or synthetic graphite. | 05-20-2010 |
Patrick J. Finn, Webster, NY US
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| 20090317156 | SELECTIVE POLISHING OF FUSER MEMBERS - A method of forming and a resulting selectively polished fuser member. The method includes selectively polishing that portion of the fuser member surface not subject to rapid natural wear. The method further includes polishing both a surface region subject to rapid sheet edge wear and a surface region not subject to rapid sheet edge wear, and polishing the surface region not subject to rapid sheet edge wear more than the surface region subject to rapid sheet edge wear. The rapid natural wear corresponds to sheet edge wear on the fuser member surface. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100189943 | INTERMEDIATE LAYER COMPRISING CNT POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS IN FUSERS - Exemplary embodiments provide a fuser member containing an intermediate layer and methods for forming the intermediate layer and the fuser member. In one embodiment, the fuser member can include a substrate, a resilient layer, a surface layer and an intermediate layer disposed between the resilient layer (e.g., a silicone rubber layer) and the surface layer (e.g., a fluoroplastic of PFA or PTEE). The intermediate layer can include a CNT/polymer composite containing a plurality of carbon nanotubes in a polymer matrix. The surface layer and the fuser member can thus be treated at a temperature of about 250° C. or higher. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20110143143 | FUSER COATING COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - The present teachings include a coating composition which includes a liquid, fluoropolymer particles, carbon nanotubes, and a dispersant. The dispersant has a thermal degradation temperature below the melting temperature of the fluoropolymer particles. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110217529 | FUSER MANUFACTURE AND ARTICLE - According to an embodiment a method of making a fuser member is described. The method includes, obtaining a silicone layer disposed on a substrate and coating a primer composition including an aqueous dispersion of a fluorelastomer and a curing agent on the silicone layer. A topcoat composition is coated on the primer composition which includes a fluoroplastic dispersion. The primer composition and the topcoat composition are heated to form the fuser member. | 09-08-2011 |
Patrick James Finn, Webster, NY US
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| 20090110453 | FUSER MEMBER WITH NANO-SIZED FILLER - A fuser member suited to use in a fusing apparatus of an electrostatographic image rendering device includes a substrate and an outer layer over the substrate. The outer layer includes a matrix material and filler particles dispersed in the matrix material. an outer layer comprising a halopolymer and filler particles. The filler particles have a particle size of less than about 1 micrometer and a particle hardness of greater than about 3 on a Mohs hardness scale and form no more than about 3 percent by volume of the outer layer. The outer layer comprising filler particles nonetheless may provide improved wear of the fuser member. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100278569 | APPARATUSES USEFUL FOR PRINTING AND METHODS OF TREATING MARKING MATERIAL ON MEDIA - Apparatuses useful for printing and methods of treating marking material on media are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the apparatuses includes a first member including a first outer surface; and a roll including a second outer surface forming a nip with the first outer surface. The second outer surface includes an inner portion having first and second axially-spaced edges, a roughened first high-friction surface axially outward from the first edge and a roughened second high-friction surface axially outward from the second edge. The first and second high-friction surfaces extend circumferentially around the roll and have a higher roughness than the inner portion. The inner portion and the first and second high-friction surfaces contact the first outer surface at the nip, and the first and second high-friction surfaces lie outside of a media path through the nip. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110232828 | METHOD OF FUSER MANUFACTURE - There is described a method for producing a fuser member. A substrate is obtained and a fluoropolymer sleeve is positioned around an outer surface of the substrate. An elastomer is injected between the outer surface of the substrate and an inner surface of the sleeve to form a fuser member and demolded. The fuser member is conditioned at a first temperature of between about 30° C. below the melting point of the fluoropolymer and about 50° C. above the melting point of said fluoropolymer for about 1 to about 20 minutes. The fuser member is then optionally held at a second temperature of about 220° C. to about 260° C. for a period of about 4 hours to about 20 hours. | 09-29-2011 |
Scott Finn, Niskayuna, NY US
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| 20100209235 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A STRUCTURAL OUTLET GUIDE VANE - In one aspect, a method for assembling an outlet guide vane is provided. The method includes providing an outlet guide vane frame having a first side and a second side. The outlet guide vane includes a radially inward flange coupled to a radially outward flange by a leading edge. A trailing edge is coupled to the radially inward flange and the radially outward flange aft of the leading edge. A cavity is defined between the radially inward flange, the radially outward flange, the leading edge, and the trailing edge. A first and a second mating surface circumscribe the cavity on the first and second sides respectively. The method further includes coupling a filler portion within the cavity wherein the filler portion includes a third side and a fourth side, coupling a first skin to the third side and the first mating surface, and coupling a second skin to the fourth side and the second mating surface, wherein at least one of the first skin and the second skin are fabricated from a composite material. | 08-19-2010 |
Scott Roger Finn, Niskayuna, NY US
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| 20080305340 | MULTI-RESIN COMPOSITE ARTICLES AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A method for manufacturing a multi-resin composite article is provided. The method comprises providing at least one fiber preform in a mold; injecting a plurality of resins into the at least one fiber preform at a plurality of locations on the at least one fiber preform; and forming at least one transition region along a mutual contact surface between the resins. Each of the at least one transition regions is defined by a gradual transition in composition from one of the resins to another of the resins. A multi-resin composite article is also provided. The article comprises: at least one fiber preform; a plurality of resins, wherein the at least one fiber preform is infused with the resins; and at least one transition region extending along a mutual contact surface between respective ones of the resins. A system for manufacturing such a multi-resin composite article is also provided. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080315462 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING A COMPOSITE CURE CYCLE - A system for monitoring at least one of a resin infusion process and a composite cure cycle of a composite article is provided. The system includes an ultrasonic transmitter configured to deliver an acoustic wave to a resin-infused fiber preform and an ultrasonic receiver configured to receive the acoustic wave propagated through the resin-infused fiber preform. The system also includes a processor configured to estimate at least one parameter using the received acoustic wave and to use the at least one parameter to determine an extent to which at least one resin has infused into the resin-infused fiber preform. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090061713 | ARTICLE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An article includes a reaction product of a filler having binding sites, a coupling agent composition including an aromatic amine and a first cycloolefin substituted with at least one epoxy group, a polymer precursor including a second cycloolefin, and a metathesis catalyst capable of catalyzing a ring-opening metathesis polymerization reaction when contacted to the first cycloolefin or the second cycloolefin. The coupling agent composition is capable of bonding to the filler and the coupling agent composition is compatible with a metathesis catalyst. An associated method is also provided. | 03-05-2009 |
Todd Finn, Holland Patent, NY US
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| 20110103888 | Dairy freestall cross clamp assembly - A dairy animal freestall cross clamp assembly in accordance with the present invention includes a first clamp portion defining a first recess, the first recess having a first axis; a second clamp portion releasably joined to the first clamp portion and defining a second recess, the second recess having a second axis that is not parallel to and intersects with the first axis; and an insert disposed between and joined to the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion, the insert defining a first pocket opposing the first recess, and a second pocket for opposing the second recess. The insert can be resilient to avoid crushing of rail members and resist impact loads. | 05-05-2011 |
William Finn, Bayville, NY US
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| 20110304480 | APPARATUS FOR LOCATING ONE MOORING IN A FIELD OF MOORINGS - An apparatus and system for locating a mooring in a field of moorings is provided. The system includes a receiver either releasably attached to or integrally formed with a mooring, and a remote transmitter. The receiver is configured to include one or more visual and/or audible indicators. In other implementations, the receiver is configured to detect the user's boat when the boat is within a predetermined vicinity of the mooring and automatically activate its indicators in response to the vicinity detector. | 12-15-2011 |