Adjustable support assembly
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsWilliam G. Osbourne, Julio A. Sanchez-Banos
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Abstract
An adjustable support assembly for adjustably supporting a corona generating device at a selected distance from a photoreceptive surface, wherein a fixedly mounted support bracket and an adjustable support bracket are mounted in a cooperatively nested relationship such that reciprocating movement can be affected between the adjustable support bracket and the fixedly mounted support bracket. The adjustable support assembly is provided with support blocks for adjusting the gap between the corona generating device and the photoreceptive surface from a single general location.
Claims16
An apparatus for adjustably supporting a device at a precise selected distance from a surface, comprising:
- a fixedly mounted support bracket having an elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis, including opposed lateral sidewalls and an end cap transverse thereto, said lateral sidewalls having complementary elongated support slots positioned in alignment with one another on each sidewall;
- an adjustable support bracket having an elongated body for being mounted in a nestable configuration with said fixedly mounted support bracket, including opposed lateral sidewalls having complementary adjustment slots positioned in alignment with one another on each sidewall;
- coupling means having integral support projections extending outwardly therefrom for cooperative engagement with the complementary support slots and the complementary adjustment slots to interactively couple said adjustable support bracket to said fixedly mounted support bracket;
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- means for adjustably positioning said coupling means along the longitudinal axis for effecting selective reciprocating movement of said adjustable support bracket relative to said fixedly mounted support bracket.
A corona generating device, including an adjustable support assembly for adjustably supporting the corona generating device to selectively establish a gap between the corona generating device and a photoconductive surface, comprising:
- a fixedly mounted support bracket having an elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis, including opposed lateral sidewalls and an end cap transverse thereto, said lateral sidewalls having complementary elongated support slots positioned in alignment with one another on each sidewall;
- an adjustable support bracket having an elongated body for being mounted in a nestable configuration with said fixedly mounted support bracket, including opposed lateral sidewalls having complementary adjustment slots positioned in alignment with one another on each sidewall;
- coupling means having integral support projections extending outwardly therefrom for cooperative engagement with the complementary support slots and the complementary adjustment slots to interactively couple said adjustable support bracket to said fixedly mounted support bracket;
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- means for adjustably positioning said coupling means along the longitudinal axis for effecting selective reciprocating movement between said adjustable support bracket and said fixedly mounted support bracket.
An electrostatographic printing apparatus including an adjustable support assembly for adjustably supporting a corona generating device at a precise selected distance from a photoconductive surface, comprising:
- fixedly mounted support means having an elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis, including opposed lateral sidewalls and an end cap transverse thereto, said lateral sidewalls having complementary elongated support slots positioned in alignment with one another on each sidewall;
- adjustable support means having an elongated body for being mounted in a nestable configuration with said fixedly mounted support means, including opposed lateral sidewalls having complementary adjustment slots positioned in alignment with one another on each sidewall;
- coupling means having integral support projections extending outwardly therefrom for cooperative engagement with the complementary support slots and the complementary adjustment slots to interactively couple said adjustable support means to said fixedly mounted support means;
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- means for adjustably positioning said coupling means along the longitudinal axis for effecting selective reciprocating movement of said adjustable support means relative to said fixedly mounted support means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.