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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventor:
Richard A. Campbell, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/28 (2006.01); B41J 3/54 (2006.01); B41J 29/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/0011 (2013.01); B41J 3/28 (2013.01); B41J 3/407 (2013.01); B41J 3/4073 (2013.01); B41J 3/543 (2013.01); B41J 11/0015 (2013.01); B41J 29/17 (2013.01); B41F 17/005 (2013.01); B41J 2/04505 (2013.01); B41M 5/0088 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surface treatment module is positioned within a printing system to treat the surface of three-dimensional objects prior to printing of the objects. The surface treatment module includes an actuator operatively connected to an applicator so operation of the actuator presses a portion of a cleaning membrane against the surfaces of the three-dimensional objects to remove material from the object surfaces and retracts the applicator and cleaning membrane from the object surface before the objects pass by an array of printheads in the printing system for printing.