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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2018
Kicteam, Inc., Auburn, ME (US);
Glen Bailey, Litchfield, ME (US);
Geoffrey Scott Caron, Sabattus, ME (US);
Ian McCormick, Yarmouth, ME (US);
John Condon, Summer, ME (US);
Byron Mehl Kern, II, Cumberland Foreside, ME (US);
Kenneth Monroe Pedersen, III, Auburn, ME (US);
KICTeam, Inc., Auburn, ME (US);
Abstract
A system for cleaning a media transport device includes a cleaning substrate sized and configured to fit within at least a portion of a media travel pathway of the transport device. The cleaning substrate includes a cleaning face and a locking member that secures the cleaning substrate in a substantially fixed position within the transport device while the transport device is operated. The cleaning substrate also may include scarifying holes that scrape debris from media conveyors of the transport device, and flaps that fit under and clean belts of the transport device. Cleaning the transport device may include opening a section, positioning the cleaning substrate in the section without operating the media conveyors' motor, closing the section and then operating the transport device so that the media conveyors move, contact the cleaning substrate and are cleaned while the cleaning substrate remains substantially fixed within the transport device.