Blade cleaner cartridge with dust and lint seal blade
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsFrancisco L. Ziegelmuller, Carol K. Dunn, Maria B. Carrone, Kenneth J. Brown, Douglas C. Anderson
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Abstract
In an apparatus for cleaning particulates from a moving web, a dust seal blade assembly which is easily mounted to a cleaning blade to reduce internal dusting in a cleaner apparatus and for trapping of lint, paper dust, or fibrous material and which might also reduce the effects of oil contamination. The arrangement provides a low-cost, operator-replaceable cartridge having one or more wiper blades with at least one of them having the dust seal blade assembly and enclosed within a particle sump assembly that is easily removed from association with the web being cleaned.
Claims10
A cleaning cartridge adapted for use in a web-cleaning apparatus for removing particulate material from a surface of a moving web, said cartridge comprising:
- at least one cleaning blade having an elongated rigid member with a rectilinear edge and a flexible blade element extension;
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- a dust seal blade assembly mounted to said at least one cleaning blade, said dust seal blade assembly having a flexible dust seal blade element and an attachment mechanism that removeably secures said dust seal blade element to said at least one cleaning blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.