Separator device in a copying machine

A separator device in a transfer type copying machine for separating a transfer material from a surface of a rotating drum type photosensitive member after a visualized image on the surface of the photosensitive member has been transferred to the transfer material at an image transfer station, said separator device comprising:

• a single stripping pawl having a blunt end which is stationary and which contacts an end portion of the surface of the photosensitive member at a position immediately after the transfer station, wherein said pawl contacts a leading end of the transfer material to cause a portion of the transfer material adjacent said leading end to buckle and subsequently curl away from said stripping pawl, thereby stripping said portion of the transfer material away from the surface of the photosensitive member;
• a pair of separating rollers disposed immediately downstream of said stripping pawl with respect to the direction of movement of the transfer material, for gripping the leading end of the transfer material after said curling movement thereof away from said pawl, said rollers rotating at the same peripheral speed as of the photosensitive member;
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• means for cleaning peripheral surfaces of said rollers to remove unfixed toner deposited thereon.