Patent · US Expired

Plural cleaning rolls assembly

US3966394A · kind A · utility

4Cited by
9References
4Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateApr 30, 1975
Grant dateJun 29, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 30, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/2025
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An improved plural cleaning rolls assembly for cleaning the residual toner particles from the heated fuser roll of a heated pressure fusing system in an electrostatic copy machine. The improved assembly includes a carriage supporting a plurality of cleaning rollers in contact with the surface of the heated fuser roll. A pressure loading mechanism applies a force on the carriage and cleaning rollers against the surface of the heated fuser roll. Each of the cleaning rollers is rotatably supported on a shaft which is connected to the carriage by a flexure member mounted on a shaft journaled in the carriage to enable independent flexure and alignment of the cleaning rolls relative to the fuser roll surface.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.