Patent · US Expired

Back of the belt cleaner in an imaging system

US7162177B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
11References
28Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 25, 2004
Grant dateJan 9, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 6, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/0042
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A rotating cleaning brush positioned to clean toner and debris from the back of an imaging belt. Additionally, a plurality of cleaning brushes assembled to clean the back of the imaging belt wherein charging a first and a second brush to approximately equal potential but opposite polarity provides superior discharge of static and other electrical charges from the back of the imaging belt.

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