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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2005
Martin Callis, Hemel Hempstead, GB;
Riley Brede, Welwyn Garden City, GB;
Pieter Mulder, Welwyn Garden City, GB;
John Poxon, Stevenage, GB;
Ian Pitts, Bassingbourn, GB;
Nicholas Baxter, Welwyn Garden City, GB;
Martin Callis, Hemel Hempstead, GB;
Riley Brede, Welwyn Garden City, GB;
Pieter Mulder, Welwyn Garden City, GB;
John Poxon, Stevenage, GB;
Ian Pitts, Bassingbourn, GB;
Nicholas Baxter, Welwyn Garden City, GB;
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A fuser apparatus includes first and second rolls rotatably mounted parallel to and in contact with each other to form a nip through which print media with a toner image thereon is passed to fuse the image to the print media. A cleaning system is provided for cleaning one of the rolls, such as the fuser roll. The cleaning system includes a rotatably mounted cleaning roll, an outer surface thereof including a pile. A flicker bar is arranged to detach toner from the pile.