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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Bruce Earl Thayer, Spencerport, NY (US);
Ellery F. Wong, Rochester, NY (US);
John L. Howard, Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Bruce Earl Thayer, Spencerport, NY (US);
Ellery F. Wong, Rochester, NY (US);
John L. Howard, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A web cleaning system includes one or more conductive electrostatic cleaning members that may be grounded or electrically biased, and form an electric field. The conductive cleaning member opposes a conductive backing member that may be grounded or electrically biased. The conductive cleaning member contacts the web as it translates through the cleaning system, and charged debris on the web is affected by the electric field formed by the cleaning member.