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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:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward L. Schlueter, Jr., Rochester, NY (US);
James F. Smith, Ontario, NY (US);
Nero R. Lindblad, Ontario, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 2/100 ;
Abstract
A cleaning apparatus for removing particles from a moving surface includes a movable blade holder having at least one geometrically formed slot. A removable blade matably fits into each geometrically formed slot. Each of the removable blades has at least one cleaning edge, which is in frictional contact with the moving surface during a cleaning operation. An individual blade may be removed from the blade holder by an operator to replace a used cleaning edge with an unused cleaning edge.