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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2015
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Robert B. Anderson, Jr., Syracuse, NY (US);
Eliud Robles Flores, Rochester, NY (US);
Paul F. Sawicki, Rochester, NY (US);
Alicia S. Mruthyunjaya, Penfield, NY (US);
Christopher D. Atwood, Webster, NY (US);
Timothy P. Foley, Marion, NY (US);
Elizabeth M. Crossen, Churchville, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A cart that helps eliminate contaminants from a printing system with a rail support track includes a platform, a first bearing, and a first blade. The first bearing is operatively connected to the platform, and is positioned and configured to roll along a first cylindrical rail of a rail support track of a printing system to enable the platform to move along the first cylindrical rail. The first blade has a leading edge oriented at an acute angle relative to a curved surface of the first cylindrical rail, and is configured to engage the curved surface to remove contaminant as the cart moves along the first cylindrical rail.