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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2014
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Timothy D Stowe, Alameda, CA (US);
Bruce Earl Thayer, Spencerport, NY (US);
Sourobh Raychaudhuri, Mounain View, CA (US);
Gregory B Anderson, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Marty J. Sheridan, Redwood City, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for enclosing a plurality of cleaning unit components in a moist cleaning unit environment, the plurality of cleaning unit components cooperating to employ a cleaner roller in an image forming device to facilitate effective cleaning of a reimageable surface in an image forming device using a proposed variable data digital lithographic image forming architecture. A range of solvents may be applied to a hard smooth high surface energy surface of the cleaner roll and a cleaning unit component internally positioned within the cleaning enclosure to clean the surface of the cleaner roll. Mechanical components are properly placed prior to the cleaner roll-reimageable surface nip to ensure that residual liquid on a surface of the cleaner roll is removed.