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US 2010/0061762 A1Published application
Non-removable cru light shield replacement for pull strip
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsAARON M. STUCKEY, Jeanne M. Koval, Mark T. Bartlett
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Abstract
This is a shroud for housing a replacement photoconductive drum. The shroud has an open gap at its top portion and this gap is covered by at least two overlapping flexible strips that are configured to allow a handle structure to pass therethrough on its way to an exit in the shroud where the photoconductive drum is pushed out of the shroud when installing the drum in a marking machine.
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A shroud for housing a replacement photoconductive drum, said shroud comprising:
- an elongated housing configured to house a photoconductive drum,
- said housing being entirely enclosed except for an exit open portion and a gap on its top portion which extends throughout substantially the length of said housing and terminating at said exit,
- positioned over said gap is at least two separate overlapping flexible strips,
- said strips configured to permit a movable handle structure to travel therebetween to said exit when removing aid photoconductive drum from said shroud.
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A shroud for housing a replacement photoconductive drum, said shroud comprising:
- an elongated housing configured to house a photoconductive drum,
- said housing being entirely enclosed except for an exit open portion and a gap on its top portion which extends throughout substantially the length of said housing and terminating at said exit,
- positioned over said gap is at least two separate overlapping flexible strips,
- said strips configured to permit a movable handle structure to travel therebetween to said exit when removing said photoconductive drum from said shroud,
- said flexible strips overlapping approximately 1-5 mm directly over said gap, and flexible enough to bend upon installation of said replaceable photoconductive drum,
- said strips configured to provide light protection to said drum while it is removed from said shroud.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.