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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2016
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Scott Richard Castle, Lexington, KY (US);
Richard Louis Goin, Lexington, KY (US);
Brad Edward Mattingly, Lawrenceburg, KY (US);
Benjamin Erich Kant, Lexington, KY (US);
Joseph Andrew Schaefer, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
An end seal for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes an elastomeric body having a blade seal portion for sealing against a rear surface of a doctor blade and a curved rotary seal portion that extends from a bottom end of the blade seal portion for sealing against an outer surface of a rotatable developer roll. The end seal includes a cutout in an inner axial side of the body positioned at a point where the rotary seal portion and the blade seal portion meet.