James D Rise

6705710, Mar 16, 2004

May 30, 2002

10/159929

Brent R. Jones - Tualatin OR
Frederick T. Mattern - Portland OR
Barry D. Reeves - Lake Oswego OR
Timothy L. Crawford - Saint Paul OR
James D. Rise - Lake Oswego OR

Xerox Corporation - Stamford CT

B41J 217

347 84, 85 88

An ink stick push block for use in a system for feeding solid ink sticks in a phase change printer, wherein each solid ink stick has an ink stick face surface having an ink stick face surface contour and an ink stick rear surface having a nonplanar ink stick rear surface contour, the ink stick push block. The push block includes an ink stick push block face having a nonplanar ink stick push block face contour, wherein at least a portion of the nonplanar ink stick push block face contour is the complement of at least a portion of the nonplanar ink stick rear surface contour.

6722764, Apr 20, 2004

Apr 29, 2002

10/135156

Brent R. Jones - Tualatin OR
Frederick T. Mattern - Portland OR
Barry D. Reeves - Lake Oswego OR
Timothy L. Crawford - Saint Paul OR
James D. Rise - Lake Oswego OR

Xerox Corporation - Stamford CT

B41J 2175

347 88, 347 99, 347 84, 347 85, D18 56, D15144

An ink stick for use in a solid ink feed system of a phase change ink jet printer includes a three dimensional ink stick body that has a lateral center of gravity, a substantially horizontal perimeter, and opposed end surfaces. An ink stick guide element is formed in the bottom of the ink stick body, and the ink stick is adapted to travel through the feed channel along a feed channel guide rail. A portion of the ink stick perimeter forms a visually recognizable symbol, and a portion of the ink stick perimeter that is transverse to the feed direction of the channel has an insertion key element. Nesting elements are formed in the leading and trailing end surfaces of the ink stick body to nest with one another when ink sticks abut in the feed channel.

6755517, Jun 29, 2004

Apr 29, 2002

10/135089

Brent R. Jones - Tualatin OR
Frederick T. Mattern - Portland OR
Barry D. Reeves - Lake Oswego OR
Timothy L. Crawford - Saint Paul OR
James D. Rise - Lake Oswego OR

Xerox Corporation - Stamford CT

G01D 1100

347 99, 347 88

An ink stick for use in a solid ink feed system of a phase change ink jet printer includes an ink stick body. Nesting elements are formed in the ink stick body for nesting the ink stick body with an adjacent ink stick body. One end surface of the ink stick body has a projecting nesting element, and the opposite end surface has a recessed nesting element having a complementary shape and position. When two ink sticks with such nesting elements abut one another in a feed channel of a solid ink feed system, the projecting nesting element of one ink stick fits into the recessed nesting element of the adjacent ink stick to reduce movement of the ink sticks relative to each other, and to reduce skewing of the ink sticks in the feed channel.

6986570, Jan 17, 2006

Mar 26, 2004

10/811197

Brent R. Jones - Tualatin OR, US
Frederick T. Mattern - Portland OR, US
Barry D. Reeves - Lake Oswego OR, US
Timothy L. Crawford - Saint Paul OR, US
James D. Rise - Lake Oswego OR, US

Xerox Corporation - Stamford CT

B41J 2/175
G01D 11/00

347 88, 347 99

An ink stick for a solid ink feed system of a phase change ink printer includes an ink stick body having an insertion perimeter, and a guide surface with a shaped guide element shaped to interact with an elongate shaped guide rail of the solid ink feed system. The ink stick insertion perimeter is in a plane substantially perpendicular to the insertion direction, and the insertion direction and the feed direction are different. The insertion perimeter has at least one perimeter section forming a nonlinear key element that matches in size and shape a nonlinear key element in the perimeter of the key plate insertion opening. In particular implementations, the insertion perimeter forms a visually recognizable symbol, such as an alphanumeric character. In particular implementations, a plurality of ink sticks form a set in which the visually recognizable symbols differ from one another, and may form a pattern of symbols, such as a sequence of alphanumeric characters.

8271348, Sep 18, 2012

Jan 29, 2010

12/697174

James D. Rise - Lake Oswego OR, US
Brent Stuart Deuth - Tigard OR, US
Christopher Dale Iburg - Government Camp OR, US
Charles Robert Carlson - Beaverton OR, US
James Patrick VanWinkle - West Linn OR, US
Shanti Villarreal - Wilsonville OR, US

Xerox Corporation - Norwalk CT

G06Q 30/00

705 2635, 705 271, 705302, 705304

Systems and methods are presented for generating consumable orders for document processing devices and for verifying approved source consumable usage in document processing devices, in which a customer computer receives electronic reports from the devices and from these ascertains whether particular devices will need replacement consumables and also whether non-program consumable products are being used in particular devices. If a replacement will be required, the customer computer presents a proposed order to the customer via prompting content customizable by a reseller. The customer can then accept, modify, or reject the proposed order, and any accepted or modified order is forwarded to an account manager system for automatic placement for consumable shipment from a manufacturer or distributor. If the device has a non-program consumable installed, the customer computer notifies the account manager system and may warn the customer that continued usage may void one or more warranty extensions or other program incentive.

57901600, Aug 4, 1998

Jan 16, 1996

8/582332

Barry D. Reeves - Lake Oswego OR
Loc V. Bui - Beaverton OR
Clark W. Crawford - Wilsonville OR
James D. Rise - West Linn OR
Barry E. Morgan - Clackamas OR
Larry Church - Portland OR
Mark Parker - Portland OR

Tektronix, Inc. - Wilsonville OR

B41J 205

347103

A method and an apparatus for processing an image transparency entails the application of an intermediate transfer surface of a layer of sacrificial liquid to a supporting surface and the deposition of a phase change ink onto the liquid layer. The inked image is then contact transferred to an optically transmissive final receiving substrate, such as a plastic transparency.

53899580, Feb 14, 1995

Nov 25, 1992

7/891646

Loc V. Bui - Portland OR
Donald R. Titterington - Tualatin OR
James D. Rise - Lake Oswego OR
C. Wayne Jaeger - Beaverton OR
Jon C. Mutton - Portland OR
Hue P. Le - Beaverton OR

Tektronix, Inc. - Wilsonville OR

B41J 205

347103

A method and the apparatus for employing the method are disclosed whereby an intermediate transfer surface of a layer of sacrificial liquid is applied to a supporting surface and a phase change ink is deposited on the liquid layer. The inked image is then contact transferred to a final receiving substrate.

58051910, Sep 8, 1998

Jul 23, 1993

8/097332

Brent R. Jones - Tualatin OR
Brently L. Cooper - Sherwood OR
Randy C. Karambelas - Milwaukie OR
Larry E. Hindman - Woodburn OR
Gerard H. Rousseau - Portland OR
Clark W. Crawford - Wilsonville OR
James D. Rise - Lake Oswego OR

Tektronix, Inc. - Wilsonville OR

B41J 201
B41J 217
B41J 2165

347103

An apparatus and method are described for applying an intermediate transfer surface, in the form of a liquid layer, on a support surface as may be used in a phase change ink printing system. The apparatus includes an applicator assembly for distributing the liquid layer onto the support surface to produce the intermediate transfer surface and an apparatus for metering the liquid layer uniformly on the support surface. The applicator assembly has a contact medium for removing foreign matter from and delivering the liquid onto the support surface. Preferably the contact medium is a liquid impregnated web that is periodically incremented to present a clean web surface in contact with the support surface. The metering apparatus is a hydrodynamic blade that uniformly distributes the liquid intermediate transfer layer over the support surface. The apparatus provides for sequencing of the applicator, then the applicator and the blade together, and finally the blade only to ensure proper application of the intermediate transfer layer and cleaning of the support surface.