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US 2009/0151583 A1Published application
Tray Surface Cleaning Device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJohn A. Dangelewicz, Dale D. Timm
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed in which printing material is printed upon a tray surface and transferred to a sheet supported by the tray surface. A cleaning device removes residual printing material from the tray surface.
Claims20
An apparatus for comprising:
- a tray having a tray surface;
- a print device configured to print a first image of printing material upon the surface;
- a sheet positioning system configured to position a sheet upon the tray such that the first image is transferred to a first side of the sheet;
- and
- a cleaning device configured to remove residual printing material from the tray surface.
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A method comprising:
- printing a first image of printing material upon a tray surface;
- positioning a sheet upon the tray surface such that the first image is transferred to a first side of the sheet;
- and
- removing residual printing maternal from the tray surface.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a cartridge configured to be removably coupled to a carrier that is configured to carry the cartridge along a stationary rack gear, wherein the cartridge comprises:
- a spool configured to support a take-up roll of a web of cleaning material;
- and
- a pinion gear coupled to the spool, wherein the pinion gear is configured to engage the rack gear during movement of the carrier to rotate the spool.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.