Kevin J O'Leary

US Patent:

8240816, Aug 14, 2012

Filed:

Dec 21, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/642883

Inventors:

Kevin J. O'Leary - Rochester NY, US
Steven L. Moore - Dansville NY, US

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

B41J 2/14
B41J 2/175

US Classification:

347 49, 347 86

Abstract:

A detachably mountable ink tank for an inkjet printhead, the ink tank includes a housing for enclosing a reservoir for liquid ink; a rim extending outwardly from the housing; an ink supply port enclosed within the rim; and an ink fill port enclosed within the rim, wherein the ink fill port is configured to receive an ink fill tube to provide liquid ink to the reservoir.

US Patent:

8297747, Oct 30, 2012

Filed:

May 25, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/786468

Inventors:

Kevin J. O'Leary - Rochester NY, US

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

B41J 2/175

US Classification:

347 86, 347 84, 277630

Abstract:

A seal for at least one outlet port of an ink tank, the seal includes a seal member; and a seal retainer further includes a housing for the seal member; a first attachment member on a first side of the housing; a second attachment member on a second side of the housing, the second side being opposite the first side; a handle including a free end and a hinged end opposite the free end; and a hinge member disposed between the housing and the hinged end of the handle.

US Patent:

8359724, Jan 29, 2013

Filed:

May 25, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/786472

Inventors:

Kevin J. O'Leary - Rochester NY, US

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

B41J 2/175
B41J 2/17

US Classification:

29451, 295271, 2988313, 298901, 347 86, 347 85, 347 84

Abstract:

A method includes a) providing a detachable seal retainer including: a housing for a seal member; an attachment face having a plurality of attachment members; an outer face opposite the attachment face; a handle including a free end and a hinged end opposite the free end; and a hinge member disposed between the housing and the hinged end of the handle; b) providing a seal member within the housing; c) providing an ink tank including an outlet face having a corresponding plurality of attachment features proximate the at least one outlet port; d) aligning the seal retainer to the ink tank such that the alignment members of the seal retainer are aligned with the corresponding plurality of attachment features of the ink tank; e) pressing the seal retainer against the ink tank such that the seal member is contact with the at least one outlet port.

US Patent:

20110148996, Jun 23, 2011

Filed:

Dec 21, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/642885

Inventors:

Douglas E. Kucmerowski - Brockport NY, US
James E. Pickering - Bloomfield NY, US
Joseph W. Hoff - Fairport NY, US
Kevin J. O'Leary - Rochester NY, US
Steven L. Moore - Dansville NY, US

International Classification:

B41J 2/17

US Classification:

347 84

Abstract:

A method of filling an ink tank with ink for use with a printer, the method includes the steps of providing or obtaining an ink tank which ink tank includes both an ink supply port and an ink fill port that are enclosed within a rim that extends outwardly from the ink tank; providing an ink fill tube connected to a source of ink; connecting the ink fill tube to the ink fill port; flowing ink from the source of ink through the ink fill tube to the ink tank; removing excess air from the ink tank; and withdrawing the ink fill tube from the ink fill port.

US Patent:

20130286110, Oct 31, 2013

Filed:

Apr 30, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/459514

Inventors:

Kevin J. O'Leary - Rochester NY, US
Steven Lee Moore - Dansville NY, US

International Classification:

B41J 2/175

US Classification:

347 85

Abstract:

A seal for an outlet port of an ink tank, the seal includes a seal member; and a seal retainer having a housing for the seal member; a first hook on a first side of the seal retainer; a second hook on a second side of the seal retainer, the second side being opposite the first side; a handle including a free end and a hinged end opposite the free end; and a hinge member disposed between the housing and the free end of the handle, wherein a distance between the free end of the handle and the hinged end of the handle is greater than a distance between the hinged end of the handle and an end of the seal retainer that is opposite the free end of the handle.

US Patent:

20130286112, Oct 31, 2013

Filed:

Apr 30, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/459534

Inventors:

Kevin J. O'Leary - Rochester NY, US
Steven Lee Moore - Dansville NY, US

International Classification:

B41J 2/175

US Classification:

347 86

Abstract:

An ink tank for an inkjet printhead, the ink tank includes an outlet wall having an outlet port for providing ink; a lead end wall disposed proximate the printhead when installation of the ink tank begins; a trail end wall that is opposite the lead end wall and that is configured to be distal to the printhead when installation of the ink tank begins; a first side wall extending from the lead end wall to the trail end wall and intersecting the outlet wall; and a second side wall opposite the first side wall, wherein first side wall and the second side wall each include a first indentation disposed at a first distance from the outlet wall; a second indentation disposed at a second distance from the outlet wall, the second distance being greater than the first distance; and a ledge disposed between the first indentation and the second indentation.

US Patent:

20130286113, Oct 31, 2013

Filed:

Apr 30, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/459567

Inventors:

Joseph W. Hoff - Fairport NY, US
Douglas Harold Pearson - Rochester NY, US
Steven Lee Moore - Dansville NY, US
Michael Louis DeCecca - Fairport NY, US
Kevin J. O'Leary - Rochester NY, US

International Classification:

B41J 2/175
F16J 15/10
F16J 15/06

US Classification:

347 86, 277637

Abstract:

A seal includes a seal member; and a seal retainer having a housing for the seal member, the housing including a first thickness near a first end and a second thickness near a second end, wherein the first thickness does not equal the second thickness; a wall extending from the first end of the housing, the wall including a latch opening; a first hook on a first side of the seal retainer; and a second hook on a second side of the seal retainer, the second side being opposite the first side, wherein the first hook and second hook are disposed proximate the second end of the housing, and wherein a force applied to the seal member by the housing near the first end is equal to a force applied to the seal member by the housing near the second end when the seal is assembled onto the ink tank.

US Patent:

54501830, Sep 12, 1995

Filed:

Jul 23, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/917654

Inventors:

Kevin J. O'Leary - Rochester NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

G03G 1520

US Classification:

355285

Abstract:

High gloss is provided for multicolor images formed on opposite sides of a receiving sheet in a double pass system using a fuser having a smooth, soft pressure roller surface. Preferably, a thin elastomeric outer layer on the pressure roller has a shore. ANG. durometer less than 40 and a roughness average less than 40 microinches. When a second multicolor image is fused to a receiving sheet by contact with a fusing roller, the gloss of a first multicolor image on the opposite side of the receiving sheet that has already been fused is not reduced by contact with the pressure roller, but is, in fact, enhanced.