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Method and apparatus for external heater roll cleaning

US8483590B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4References

20Claims

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Assignee

Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

Brian J. McNamee · Severna Park, US
John M. Derimiggio · Fairport, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 8, 2010
Grant date	Jul 9, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 27, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided an apparatus and method to maintain a clean and effective external heat roll surface in a printing system. The disclosed embodiment's uses a cleaning roller in contact with the external heat rollers designed to dislodge and displace contamination products that would otherwise accumulate on and in the external heat roller rough surface. The cleaning roller rotates concurrently with the heating roller so that the cleaning media cleans the roller from a picking action as opposed to a wiping motion. This provides maximum cleaning action with the undesirable wear and tear of the bristles that would occur with the conventional method of a wiping motion.

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