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Method for lubricating a transfer roller with an image member

US7942517B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

Paul J. McConville · Webster, US
Trevor James Snyder · Newberg, US
Jeffrey R. Kohne · Tualatin, US
Brent E. Fleming · Beaverton, US
Michael E. Jones · West Linn, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 20, 2010
Grant date	May 17, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 20, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G15/168
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method is implemented by a printer to move a transfix roller selectively to clean the transfix roller. The transfix roller is moved from a transfix nip with the print drum to a position where the transfix roller remains in rolling contact with the print drum, but exerts a pressure on the print drum that is less than the transfix pressure. The transfix roller is later moved out of rolling contact with the print drum in response to the transfix roller rotating a predetermined distance.

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