Carrier bead collection assembly for a xerographic printer
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsDara Nanette LUBIN, Amy L. Stamp, Robert B. Anderson, JR.
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Abstract
A carrier bead collection assembly in a xerographic printer is disclosed. The carrier bead collection assembly may include a tray defining a cavity for retention of carrier beads, wherein the tray is located below a slot in a media transport surface in the xerographic printer and is removable so that is may be cleaned, and a magnet that is disposed beneath the tray, wherein the magnet attracts carrier beads that reside on the media transport surface such that as a result of the attraction, the carrier beads come to rest in the tray.
Claims27
A carrier bead collection assembly in a xerographic printer, comprising:
- a tray defining a cavity for retention of carrier beads, wherein the tray is located below a slot in a media transport surface in the xerographic printer and is removable so that is may be cleaned;
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- a magnet that is disposed beneath the tray, wherein the magnet attracts carrier beads that reside on the media transport surface such that as a result of the attraction, the carrier beads come to rest in the tray.
A xerographic printer, comprising:
- a media transport section having a media transport surface that enables media sheets to be transported between sections of the xerographic printer;
- a tray defining a cavity for retention of carrier beads, wherein the tray is located below a slot in the media transport surface in the xerographic printer and is removable so that is may be cleaned;
- and
- a magnet that is disposed beneath the tray, wherein the magnet attracts carrier beads that reside on the media transport surface such that as a result of the attraction, the carrier beads come to rest in the tray.
A media transport section having a media transport surface that transports media sheets between areas within a xerographic printer, comprising:
- a tray defining a cavity for retention of carrier beads, wherein the tray is located below a slot in the media transport surface in the xerographic printer and is removable so that is may be cleaned;
- and
- a magnet that is disposed beneath the tray, wherein the magnet attracts carrier beads that reside on the media transport surface such that as a result of the attraction, the carrier beads come to rest in the tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.