Stephen M Neumann

US Patent:

6369844, Apr 9, 2002

Filed:

Aug 11, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/637171

Inventors:

Stephen M. Neumann - Rochester NY
Scott Tunney - Fort Collins CO
Terry G. White - Brockport NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

B41J 2435

US Classification:

347224, 430124

Abstract:

A process of forming a single color, ablation image having improved abrasion resistance having the following steps: a) imagewise-heating, by a laser, an ablative recording element having a support having thereon an image layer having a colorant dispersed in a polymeric binder, which causes the image layer to ablate imagewise, the image layer having a near infrared-absorbing material associated therewith to absorb at a given wavelength of the laser used to expose the element, the image dye or pigment absorbing in the region of from about 300 to about 700 nm; and b) laminating a coating having polymeric particles dispersed in a binder to the surface of the ablative image under heat and pressure so that the particles will fuse into a continuous overcoat layer.

US Patent:

7735983, Jun 15, 2010

Filed:

Feb 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/679925

Inventors:

Douglas H. Pearson - Rochester NY, US
Stephen M. Neumann - Rochester NY, US
Diana C. Petranek - Hilton NY, US

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

B41J 2/175

US Classification:

347 86

Abstract:

An ink cartridge disclosed herein includes a reservoir configured to retain ink, a body retaining the reservoir, a port in the body, and a wick located in the port. The port is configured to release the ink from the reservoir. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the body includes a first opening, and the wick includes a second opening, such that the first opening and the second opening are communicatively connected to form a vent path or a portion of a vent path. Such a vent path mitigates the transient reduction in pressure caused by a removal of a shipping cap, thereby reducing the likelihood that ink spillage will occur during such removal.

US Patent:

8002398, Aug 23, 2011

Filed:

Apr 9, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/757259

Inventors:

Douglas H. Pearson - Rochester NY, US
Stephen M. Neumann - Rochester NY, US
Diana C. Petranek - Hilton NY, US

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

B41J 2/175

US Classification:

347 86

Abstract:

A method for assembling an ink cartridge, the method includes the steps of providing a reservoir body having a fluid discharge port including a rim; inserting a wick in the discharge port; providing an opening that is bounded by the rim; inserting a capillary media into the reservoir body and the capillary media contacts a portion on the wick; affixing a lid to the reservoir body and the lid includes a hole and an air vent; injecting ink into the capillary through the hole in the lid; wherein a vent path is formed extending from the opening, along at least a side of the capillary media and to the air vent in the lid.

US Patent:

55761429, Nov 19, 1996

Filed:

Feb 17, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/390009

Inventors:

Stephen M. Neumann - Rochester NY
Richard P. Henzel - Webster NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

G03C 516

US Classification:

430269

Abstract:

A laser recording element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising an image dye dispersed in a polymeric binder, said dye layer having an infrared-absorbing material associated therewith, and wherein said dye layer also contains a 2-hydroxybenzophenone UV-absorbing dye.

US Patent:

55102280, Apr 23, 1996

Filed:

Feb 17, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/390011

Inventors:

Stephen M. Neumann - Rochester NY
Richard P. Henzel - Webster NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

G03C 500

US Classification:

430269

Abstract:

A laser recording element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising an image dye dispersed in a polymeric binder, said dye layer having an infrared-absorbing material associated therewith, and wherein said dye layer also contains a 2-cyano-3,3-diarylacrylate UV-absorbing dye.

US Patent:

57597413, Jun 2, 1998

Filed:

Feb 11, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/797221

Inventors:

Glenn T. Pearce - Fairport NY
Stephen M. Neumann - Rochester NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

B41M 526
G03F 736

US Classification:

4302711

Abstract:

An ablative recording element comprising a support having thereon, in order, a barrier layer and a colorant layer comprising a colorant dispersed in a polymeric binder, the colorant layer having an infrared-absorbing material associated therewith, and wherein the barrier layer contains polymeric beads.

US Patent:

52832236, Feb 1, 1994

Filed:

Nov 24, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/980895

Inventors:

Stephen M. Neumann - Rochester NY
Mark P. Guittard - Rochester NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

B41M 5035
B41M 538

US Classification:

503227

Abstract:

This invention relates to a dye-donor element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising an image dye dispersed in a binder, and wherein the binder has been coated from an aqueous solution and consists essentially of a hydrophilic polymer which has been set.

US Patent:

52832252, Feb 1, 1994

Filed:

Nov 24, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/980893

Inventors:

Stephen M. Neumann - Rochester NY
Richard W. Wheeler - Pittsford NY
Jack Hayward - Hamlin NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

B41M 5035
B41M 538

US Classification:

503227

Abstract:

This invention relates to a dye-donor element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising an image dye dispersed in a binder, and wherein the binder has been coated from an aqueous solution and consists essentially of a hydrophilic polymer, said element also having thereon at least one underlayer consisting of a swellable polymer located between said support and said dye layer.