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US 6,477,351 B1Granted
Blade cleaning system employing an electrode array
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsBruce E. Thayer, Michael D. Thompson
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Abstract
An apparatus for removing residual particles from an imaging surface, including a cleaning blade having an edge adapted to remove the residual particles from the imaging surface; an electrode array, coacting with the cleaning blade, for removing residual toner particles in a direction of movement away from the edge of the cleaning blade; and a wave generator for generating a traveling wave pattern for moving residual particles in the direction of movement.
Claims2
An apparatus for removing residual toner particles from an imaging surface, comprising:
- a cleaning blade having an edge adapted to remove the residual toner particles from the imaging surface;
- an electrode array, coacting with said cleaning blade, for removing said residual toner particles in a direction of movement away from the edge of said cleaning blade, said cleaning blade has said electrode array on a surface thereof, and
- a wave generator for generating a traveling wave pattern for moving said residual toner particles in said direction of movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.