Xerox Corporation

Gerald J Cavaliere

William G Osbourne

Julio A Sanchez-Banos

A wiper system for use in an electrophotographic printing machine having a variety of electrophotographic subsytems situated about a photoconductive member. The electrophotographic printing machine includes a slidable module for supporting a photoconductive member, the slidable module being movable relative to the electrophotographic subsytems such that the photoconductive member is retractably displaceable from the electrophotographic printing machine to provide access thereto. A wiper assembly, engaging with an exposed surface of at least one of the electrophotographic subsytems, is mounted on the slidable module such that the wiper means is slidably engaged with the exposed surface to provide cleaning action thereagainst in accordance with the slidable movement of the slidable module.

Slidably mounted wiper system

A lamp system for erasing an electrically charged photoconductive surface including an optically transmissive protective cover fabricated from a polypropylene adhesive tape for being affixed to a segmented surface so as to eliminate exposed gaps in which contaminants may collect and for providing a smooth surface which can be cleaned more efficiently and effectively.

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Fairport, NY, United States of America

Gerald J Cavaliere