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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1981

Filed:

Jul. 09, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:

Raymond G Cormier, Nashua, NH (US);

Austin Davis, Nashua, NH (US);

Jacques Guiguizian, Haverhill, MA (US);

Leo O Lutz, Hollis, NH (US);

Henry T Pauk, Nashua, NH (US);

Assignee:

Nashua Corporation, Nashua, NH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 15 ; 1525651 ; 118652 ;
Abstract

Disclosed are blades oriented in a trailing configuration for cleaning residual toner from the photosensitive drums of photocopying machines without marring the drum's surface. In one embodiment of the invention, the blade is constructed of layers of resilient material having different moduli of elasticity resulting in the blade's having greater resistance to transverse deformation than to deformation along the primary axis of the blade. In another embodiment, the blade comprises a mass of an elastic material having a partially hollow interior. The hollow interior results in a blade with differing moduli of elasticity in different directions.


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