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AssigneeSun Automation, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Phillips, Yury Polikov, Joseph Weishew
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A corrugated box finishing machine has a station where dust, debris and other particles are cleaned from the corrugated boards before they are conveyed to the printing station. Electrostatic charges on the particles are neutralized by a static bar and the particles are then removed from the boards by a rotating brush. The particles are drawn into a vacuum chamber underlying the path of conveyance of the boards, and the static bar is positioned in an enclosure in proximity to the boards but isolated from the vacuum in the vacuum chamber. The enclosure has surfaces which direct the particles away from the static bar which is oriented to further minimize contact with the removed particles. The cleaning brush includes a plurality of brush sections mounted on a rotatable shaft made from carbon fiber material.
A brush assembly for cleaning objects including an elongated lightweight hollow shaft made from synthetic fiber material, a pair of journals fixed in opposite ends of said shaft respectively, a plurality of abutting cylindrical brush sections mounted on and along said shaft and having ends with means interconnecting said sections, a pair of collars fixed on said journals and abutting end brush sections to secure the brush sections in position along said shaft.
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