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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew J Mauer, Rochester, NY (US);
Victor C Solomon, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355303 ; 355274 ; 355296 ;
Abstract
In an electrostatographic machine such as a copier or printer, a cleaning apparatus for removing charged and uncharged particles from the surface of an image-transfer assist member such as an intermediate transfer member. The cleaning apparatus includes a plurality of potential sources for selectively biasing the intermediate transfer member and the image-bearing member of the machine, and a dc corona discharge device for actively charging such particles on the intermediate transfer member for transfer back to the image-bearing member.