Cleaning system for an electrostatic copier
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorStanley D. Klett
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Abstract
An apparatus which cleans particles from a photoconductive member arranged to advance along a predetermined path. When the photoconductive member is stationary, the particle cleaner and photoconductive member are spaced from one another. The photoconductive member is deflected into engagement with the particle cleaner in response to the photoconductive member advancing along the pre-determined path. In this manner, the particle cleaner removes residual particles from the photoconductive member during the movement thereof along the pre-determined path.
Claims14
An apparatus for cleaning residual particles from a photoconductive member arranged to advance along a pre-determined path after a particle image formed on the photoconductive member has been transferred to a copy sheet, including:
- means, normally spaced from the photoconductive member, for removing the residual particles from the photoconductive member, said removing means being inoperative when spaced from the photoconductive member and being operative when in contact therewith;
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- pneumatic means, operatively associated with the photoconductive member, for deflecting the photoconductive member from a position spaced from said removing means to a position in contact therewith in response to the photoconductive member moving along the predetermined path, said pneumatic means returning the photoconductive member from the position in contact with said removing means to a position spaced from said removing means in response to the photoconductive member being stationary.
An electrophotographic printing machine of the type having a photoconductive member arranged to advance along a pre-determined path wherein residual particles adhere to the photoconductive member after transferring a particle image therefrom to a copy sheet, wherein the improvement includes:
- means, normally spaced from the photoconductive member, for removing particles from the photoconductive member, said removing means being inoperative when spaced from the photoconductive member and being operative when in contact therewith;
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- pneumatic means, operatively associated with the photoconductive member, for deflecting the photoconductive member from a position spaced from said removing means to a position in contact therewith in response to the photoconductive member advancing along the pre-determined path, said pneumatic means returning the photoconductive member from the position in contact with said removing means to a position spaced from said removing means in response to the photoconductive member being stationary.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.