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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2003
Ahmed-moshen T. Shehata, Penfield, NY (US);
Robert B. Anderson, Jr., Syracuse, NY (US);
Timothy Patrick Foley, Marion, NY (US);
Ahmed-Moshen T. Shehata, Penfield, NY (US);
Robert B. Anderson, Jr., Syracuse, NY (US);
Timothy Patrick Foley, Marion, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A system for shielding sensors from airborne particulate matter in the environment of an electrostatic image reproduction device at least includes: a moving surface; at least one sensor; and a shield having at least one shield window, the shield adapted to be placed between the moving surface and the sensor, and the shield at least partially encloses a subsystem of the image reproduction device; wherein the movement of the surface, and the shield and the shield window cooperate to move air through the shield window past the sensor toward the moving surface.