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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2013
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Steve A. O'Hara, Vancouver, WA (US);
Gene D. Jones, Vancouver, WA (US);
Scott Martin, Vancouver, WA (US);
Sierra Lynn Triebe, Vancouver, WA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A wiping assembly includes an endless belt and a plurality of rollers about which the belt is mounted. A first roller mounts a first end of the belt adjacent a first end of a belt zone while a second roller is adjacent at an opposite, second end of the belt zone. A third roller mounts a second end of the belt and is located at an intermediate position along a first orientation between the respective first and second ends of the belt zone. The third roller is translatable along the first orientation while the first roller and the second roller are non-translatable along the first orientation. The third roller is biased toward the first end of the belt zone to apply tension on the belt.