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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
May. 04, 2009
Dara Nanette Lubin, Pittsford, NY (US);
Amy L. Stamp, Rochester, NY (US);
Robert B. Anderson, Jr., Syracuse, NY (US);
Dara Nanette Lubin, Pittsford, NY (US);
Amy L. Stamp, Rochester, NY (US);
Robert B. Anderson, Jr., Syracuse, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A carrier bead collection assembly in a xerographic printer is disclosed. The carrier bead collection assembly may include a tray defining a cavity for retention of carrier beads, wherein the tray is located below a slot in a media transport surface in the xerographic printer and is removable so that it may be cleaned, and a magnet that is disposed beneath the tray, wherein the magnet attracts carrier beads that reside on the media transport surface such that as a result of the attraction, the carrier beads come to rest in the tray.