Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for cleaning an image transfer member

US6212353A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Indigo N.V. · NL

Inventors

Shmuel Douvdevani · Nes Ziona, IL
Alex Feygelman · Netanya, IL
Shlomo Yitzhaik · Nesher, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 4, 1999
Grant date	Apr 3, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 4, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G2215/1657
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An imaging device comprising an imaging surface on which images are formed; an image transfer surface which receives the images onto an image transfer portion thereof at a first transfer region and from which images are transferred at a second transfer region; and a cleaning arrangement including a cleaning surface which engages the image transfer portion at a cleaning region of the transfer surface. The image transfer portion receives a non-image pattern from the imaging surface at the first transfer region and the cleaning surface collects the non-image pattern at the cleaning region.

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