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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1995
Joseph M Wing, Ontario, NY (US);
Mark E Roszkowski, Fairport, NY (US);
Kerry P Haughan, Pittsford, NY (US);
James F Lincoln, Hilton, NY (US);
Robert A Pictor, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for removing magnetic granules from a moving imaging surface in a region between a developer station and a transfer station is provided. The apparatus includes a removing member located between the developer station and the transfer station. The removing member is rotatable about a longitudinal axis. A groove is located in an exterior surface of the removing member. A portion of the groove extends in a direction skewed to the longitudinal axis of the removing member. The apparatus also includes a a magnetic member which is operatively associated with the removing member. The magnetic member generates a magnetic field to attract the magnetic granules from the imaging surface to the removing member. The removing member and the magnetic member move relatively to one another.