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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Paul M. Fromm, Rochester, NY (US);
Jeffrey J. Bradway, Rochester, NY (US);
Steven M. Russel, Bloomfield, NY (US);
Erwin Ruiz, Rochester, NY (US);
Jorge M. Rodriguez, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A system for cleaning precision rails of a three-dimensional object printer has been developed. The printer includes a track having a pair of precision rails positioned beneath a printing station having an ejector head configured to eject drops of material onto a substrate of a cart that moves along the rails. An air source with a duct is configured with a slot to direct an air flow onto one of the precision rails to prevent dust or other airborne particles from collecting on the precision rail.