Dual-sided cleaning substrate for media transport device
AssigneeKICTeam, Inc.
InventorJohn Condon
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Abstract
This document describes cleaning cards for cleaning the interior of media transport devices, methods of manufacturing such cleaning cards, and methods of using such cleaning cards. The cards include a first layer of a substrate having a cleaning sublayer and a base sublayer, along with a second layer having a cleaning sublayer and a base sublayer. The base sublayers are positioned against each other at a plurality of contact areas. A plurality of pockets within which the base sublayers do not contact each other are positioned between the base sublayers so that each pocket forms a raised cleaning element in each of the cleaning sublayers. Each of the pockets is bounded by one or more of the contact areas.
Claims18
A media transport system cleaning card, comprising:
- a first layer of a substrate, wherein the first layer has a cleaning sublayer and a base sublayer;
- a second layer of the substrate, wherein the second layer has a cleaning sublayer and a base sublayer;
- wherein:
- the base sublayers are positioned against each other at a plurality of contact areas,
- a plurality of pockets within which the base sublayers do not contact each other are positioned between the base sublayers so that each pocket forms a raised cleaning element in each of the cleaning sublayers, and
- each of the pockets is bounded by one or more of the contact areas.
A method of manufacturing a cleaning card, the method comprising:
- providing a first layer of a substrate, wherein the first layer has a first cleaning sublayer and a first base sublayer;
- providing a second layer of the substrate, wherein the second layer has a second cleaning sublayer and a second base sublayer;
- positioning the first base sublayer and the second base sublayer against each other at a plurality of contact areas to form:
- a plurality of raised cleaning elements, and
- a plurality of pockets within which the base sublayers do not contact each other, and which contain a fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.