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US 2022/0066360 A1Published application
Imaging system with cleaning member for endless belt
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorSatoshi Ohwada
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Abstract
An imaging system includes: an endless belt, a tensioning member, a heating member, a pressing member, a cleaning member. The endless belt conveys a printing medium. The tensioning member tensions the endless belt. The heating member heats the endless belt. The pressing member presses the endless belt against the heating member. The cleaning member is located outside the endless belt, between the tensioning member and the heating member, and presses the endless belt inwardly.
Claims15
An imaging system comprising:
- an endless belt to convey a printing medium;
- a tensioning member that tensions the endless belt;
- a heating member located adjacent the endless belt to heat the endless belt;
- a pressing member to press the endless belt against the heating member;
- and
- a cleaning member located outside the endless belt, between the tensioning member and the heating member, the cleaning member to press the endless belt inwardly.
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An imaging system comprising:
- an endless belt to convey a print media having a toner image, the endless belt having an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface;
- a fixing assembly to fix the toner image on the print media, the fixing assembly comprising a heating member adjacent the endless belt, and a pressure member to press the endless belt against the heating member;
- a tension member engaging the inner surface of the endless belt to tension the endless belt;
- and
- a cleaning member to contact the outer surface of the endless belt, wherein the cleaning member is positioned between the tension member and the fixing assembly to form a concave portion of the endless belt about the cleaning member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.