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Cleaning brush having fibers of different lengths

US5923940A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 24, 1997
Grant dateJul 13, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 24, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G21/0035
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus and printing machine that contain a cleaner brush with long sweeper fibers orientated along the overall width of the brush, and having a greater length than the majority of fibers of the brush to remove the particles that adhere to the cleaner housing and thus, prevent toner droppings.

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