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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2005

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2003
Applicants:

Richard C. Baughman, Geneseo, NY (US);

Terry N. Morganti, Brockport, NY (US);

Michael K. Baskin, Springwater, NY (US);

Borden H. Mills, Webster, NY (US);

Inventors:

Richard C. Baughman, Geneseo, NY (US);

Terry N. Morganti, Brockport, NY (US);

Michael K. Baskin, Springwater, NY (US);

Borden H. Mills, Webster, NY (US);

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G015/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention generally relates to the field of fusing powder toner images on receiver sheets. According to various aspects of the invention, methods and apparatus are provided of cleaning, only during standby, a pressure roller that cooperates with a fuser roller in fusing toner images. The pressure roller is cleaned with a cleaning pad mounted adjacent the pressure roller in an electrographic printer.


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