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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:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2000
Francisco L. Ziegelmuller, Penfield, NY (US);
Carol K. Dunn, Rochester, NY (US);
Randall J. Taylor, Bergen, NY (US);
Maria B. Carrone, Scottsville, NY (US);
George D. Gross, Rochester, NY (US);
Francisco L. Ziegelmuller, Penfield, NY (US);
Carol K. Dunn, Rochester, NY (US);
Randall J. Taylor, Bergen, NY (US);
Maria B. Carrone, Scottsville, NY (US);
George D. Gross, Rochester, NY (US);
NexPress Solutions LLC, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A cleaning station for removing particulate material from a moving web in an electrostatic printer/copier includes a customer-replaceable web-cleaning cartridge and a support bracket/backup shoe assembly. The latter serves to support the cleaning cartridge for movement between an operative position in which web-cleaning components of the cartridge exert a substantially uniform pressure on the web, and a service position in which the cartridge is sufficiently spaced from the web to facilitate replacement and/or service. Preferably, a bracket that supports the cleaning cartridge is pivotally connected to a backup shoe that is fixed with respect to the web path and exerts a uniform pressure on the rear surface of the web, opposite that contacted by the cleaning cartridge. A quick disconnect feature enables the cartridge-supporting bracket to be de-coupled from the back-up shoe and removed from the instrument.