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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:
Jul. 09, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis G Gerbasi, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355298 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for preventing nonuniform accumulation of toner collected in a waste container of particles cleaned from a surface. The apparatus and method for disturbing the particles to provide uniform accumulation of toner in the waste container are driven by the same cam shaft, cam or solenoid used by the cleaner brushes for engaging and retracting the cleaner brushes from the surface. The waste container or cleaner subsystem is either thumped, moved back and forth, internally agitated or in some way disturbed to enable uniform toner distribution inside the waste container and better utilization of the storage capacity of the waste container.