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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Soenke Schmidt, Kiel, DE;
Detlef Schulze-hagenest, Molfsee, DE;
Udo Draeger, Speyer, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Treating a transport mechanism () for transporting print material () in a printing press () that uses toner in which oil-bearing substances () adhere to the transport mechanism (). A cleaning device () is provided with at least one cleaning element () movable relative to the surface of the transport mechanism () for application of at least one oil-repelling substance () that reduces the adherence of the oil-bearing substances () to the transport mechanism (). Accordingly, this cleaning element () can strip the surface of the transport mechanism () of oil-bearing substances ().