Title:
Corona wire cartridge
United States Patent D590439
US Patent References:
ELECTROSTATIC CHARGER WITH RESUPPLIABLE CORONA WIRE
Martin - March, 1970 - 3499143

Corona wire mounting means
Weikel, Jr. - September, 1978 - 4112298

Corona wire mounting device
Laing et al. - March, 1981 - 4258258

Corotron wire cassette for electrophotographic printer or copier devices
Heigl - May, 1988 - 4746796

Corona charger apparatus of simplified construction
DeCecca et al. - April, 1991 - 5008538


Inventors:
Kikuchi, Hiroshi (Ibaraki, JP)
Onose, Tsukasa (Ibaraki, JP)
Doi, Koji (Ibaraki, JP)
Onuma, Yoshinari (Ibaraki, JP)
Application Number:
D/274025
Publication Date:
04/14/2009
Filing Date:
03/21/2007
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Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP)
Primary Class:
Other Classes:
D18/40
International Classes:
(IPC1-7): 1802
Field of Search:
D18/56, D18/12, 250/229, 399/115, D18/43, 399/100, 399/170, D18/40
US Patent References:
5140367Method and apparatus for rewiring corona wire cartridgeAugust, 1992Oleksinski et al.399/115
5181069Method and apparatus for rewiring corona wire cartridgeJanuary, 1993Oleksinski et al.399/115
5182694Corona discharging apparatus with automatic cleaning mechanism for corona wireJanuary, 1993Endo361/229
5241344Structure for mounting screen grid of corona charger in imaging deviceAugust, 1993Takano399/115
5594532Cartridge, cartridge cleaning apparatus and method for cleaning a corona wireJanuary, 1997Tuvesson et al.399/100
6108504Corona wire replenishing mechanismAugust, 2000Dickhoff250/324
6144826Insert for mounting wires to corotron framesNovember, 2000Mitchell et al.361/229
6310344Wire type corona charger for electrophotographical manufacturing of CRTsOctober, 2001Shin et al.361/229
6328250Method of mounting corona wire a corona charger housing of an electrophotographic apparatus and an apparatus for mounting corona wiresDecember, 2001Dickhoff242/564.5
7043176Apparatus and method for damping a corona wire in an electrographic printerMay, 2006DeHollander et al.399/170
20070248379Corona wire cartridge, corona discharger, and image forming apparatus using the corona dischargerOctober, 2007Onuma et al.399/115
Primary Examiner:
Maccormac, Cathy Anne
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
McGinn IP Law Group, PLLC
Claims:
CLAIM

1. The ornamental design for a corona wire cartridge, as shown and described.

Description:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of top, front and right side of a corona wire cartridge showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof.