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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2014
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Vinoth Kumar Ganesan, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Aravindan Ekambaram, Chennai, IN;
Kumaran Vairavan, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Richard David Emms, Hertfordshire, GB;
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A printhead for a device capable of printing, including: a frame; a light-emitting diode (LED) assembly including a housing engaged with the frame, a plurality of LEDs on the housing and extending in a first transverse direction, and at least one lens parallel to the plurality of LEDs in the first traverse direction and arranged to focus light from the LEDs; and a lens cleaning assembly engaged with the frame and including an arm portion extending across the frame in the first traverse direction and a cleaner portion including a cleaning element. The lens cleaning assembly is displaceable, with respect to the frame, in the first transverse direction to slide the cleaning element across the at least one lens.