Print agent application assembly cleaning tools
AssigneeHP Indigo B.V.
InventorsDavid Sabo, Barak Rosenstein, Ilan Ben-Basat, Roman Katz
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Abstract
A print agent application assembly cleaning tool is disclosed. The print agent application assembly cleaning tool may include a handle and a flexible blade. The flexible blade may be inserted into a gap between a pair of electrodes of a print agent application assembly. The blade may protrude from a distal end of the handle in a lengthwise direction. The blade may have a width that varies to define a curved profile. The width may reduce and subsequently increase along a length of the blade so as to define a recess in an edge of the blade.
Claims15
A print agent application assembly cleaning tool comprising:
- a handle;
- and
- a flexible blade configured to be inserted into a gap between a pair of electrodes of a print agent application assembly, the blade protruding from a distal end of the handle in a lengthwise direction,
- wherein the blade has a width that varies to define a curved profile and that reduces and subsequently increases along a length of the blade so as to define a recess in an edge of the blade;
- and
- wherein the recess is configured to collect unwanted matter from the pair of electrodes.
A method comprising:
- inserting a flexible blade of a cleaning tool into a gap between a pair of electrodes of a print agent application assembly;
- moving the blade along the gap;
- collecting unwanted matter in a curved recess formed in an edge of the blade;
- and
- extracting the cleaning tool from the gap.
An assembly comprising:
- a print agent application assembly comprising a pair of electrodes with a gap therebetween for supplying print agent to a developer roller;
- and
- a cleaning tool comprising a handle and a flexible blade for insertion into the gap to remove print agent from the gap, wherein the handle comprises at least one magnet to selectively attach the cleaning tool to a surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.