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US 5,479,249 AGranted
Brush cleaner with roll detoning and air waste removal
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsKip L. Jugle, Douglas A. Lundy
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Abstract
A cleaning apparatus that comprises a brush cleaner to remove particles from the imaging surface. The particles are removed from the brush cleaner using a detoning roll. The particles are loosened and separated from the detoning roll using a scraper blade. These loosened and separated particles, from the detoning device, are carried to a waste container by an air stream alone rather than using an augering system.
Claims16
An apparatus for cleaning particles from a surface, comprising:
- a housing defining an open ended chamber;
- a brush, mounted in the chamber of said housing, including a multiplicity of fibers contacting the surface for removal of particles therefrom;
- a detoning device, operatively associated with said brush, to remove the particles therefrom to ensure sufficient cleaning of said brush;
- a removal device, adjacent said detoning device, for separating particles from said detoning device;
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- a first air channel positioned adjacent said detoning device, said first air channel comprising a baffle, having a concave side and a convex side partially enclosing said detoning device and said removal device;
- a second air channel positioned adjacent said removal device opposed from said first air channel;
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- means for generating a flow of air through said first air channel and said second air channel to transport particles removed from said detoning device away from said detoning device.
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A printing machine of the type having a cleaning apparatus for removing particles from an imaging surface, comprising:
- a housing defining an open ended chamber;
- a brush, mounted in the chamber of said housing, including a multiplicity of fibers contacting the surface for removal of particles therefrom;
- a detoning device operatively associated with said brush, to remove the particles therefrom to ensure sufficient cleaning of said brush;
- a removal device, adjacent said detoning device, for separating particles from said detoning device;
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- a first channel positioned adjacent said detoning device, said first air channel comprising a baffle, having a concave side and a convex side opposite one another, said concave side partially enclosing said detoning device and said blade;
- a second air channel positioned adjacent said removal device opposed from said first air channel;
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- means for generating a flow of air through said first air channel and said second air channel to transport particles removed from said detoning device away from said detoning device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.