System And Method For Stripping Media From An Offset Imaging Member In An Inkjet Printer
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsRuddy Castillo, Daniel J. McVeigh, Donald M. Bott, Barry P. Mandel
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Abstract
A stripper blade system has been developed for high throughput inkjet printers. The stripper blade system includes a metallic blade having a leading edge that is less than 0.06 mm in thickness, a blade holder to which the metallic blade is mounted, and an actuator that is associated with the blade holder to move the metallic blade into and out of contact with an intermediate imaging member.
Claims27
A stripper blade system comprising:
- a metallic blade having a leading edge that is less than 0.06 millimeters in thickness;
- a blade holder to which the metallic blade is mounted;
- and
- an actuator that is associated with the blade holder to move the metallic blade into and out of contact with an intermediate imaging member to enable separation of media from the intermediate imaging member.
A method for facilitating separation of media from an intermediate imaging member in an imaging system comprising:
- moving a blade holder attached to a stainless steel blade having a leading edge with a thickness of no more than 0.06 millimeters to a position that enables the leading edge of the stainless steel blade to contact an intermediate imaging member to facilitate separation of a leading edge of media on the intermediate imaging member from the intermediate imaging member;
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- moving the blade holder after expiration of a predetermined time period to disengage the leading edge of the stainless steel blade from the intermediate imaging member.
A printer comprising:
- a print drum for receiving ink ejected by a print head;
- a transfix roller located proximate to the print drum;
- a stripper blade system comprising:
- a metallic blade having a leading edge that is configured to have a thickness that is at most equal to one-half a thickness of a media sheet passing through a nip formed by the print drum and the transfix roller;
- a blade holder to which the metallic blade is mounted;
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- an actuator that is associated with the blade holder to move the metallic blade into and out of contact with the print drum;
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- a controller configured to operate the transfix roller to form a transfix nip with the print drum selectively and to move the blade holder to contact the print drum with the leading edge of the metallic blade with the print drum to facilitate removal of media from the print drum.
A stripper blade system that facilitates stripping media from a fuser roller comprising:
- a metallic blade having a leading edge that is less than 0.06 millimeters in thickness;
- a blade holder to which the metallic blade is mounted;
- a stop member mounted proximate a fuser roller;
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- an actuator that is associated with the blade holder to move the metallic blade into and out of contact with the stop member to bias the leading edge of the metallic blade against the fuser roller to enable stripping of media from the fuser roller after the media exits a nip formed between the fuser roller and a pressure roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.