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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7882590 | Double-sided media cleaning apparatus and method The present invention provides a cleaning assembly for use in a media processing device. In various embodiments, the cleaning assembly includes a first roller that at least partially engages a second roller, and a media feed path that passes between the first roller... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7360271 | Apparatus for cleaning a machine tool An apparatus and a method for dislodging contaminants from a surface of a machine tool. A machine tool has a spindle and a housing disposed around the spindle. The apparatus includes a support plate, an arbor, and a cleaning member. The arbor is disposed on the supp... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352544 | Method and apparatus for providing a remedial strategy for an electrical circuit A method and electrical circuit for dynamic reconfiguration of a DC-to-AC inverter comprising first and second power rails where each the rails has a power source. The method comprises monitoring the first and second power rails for short-circuit failure; and upon f... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7332033 | Doctor bed A doctor bed is provided for holding a circularly cylindrical metering rod, including a housing of a homogenous material, which is designed with a cross section at right angles to the cylinder longitudinal axis of the metering rod and has a circularly cylindrical re... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7218877 | Charging device, and process cartridge and image forming apparatus including the charging device using the same A charging device including a charging roller having a metal cylinder and an elastic layer located thereon, and a cleaner for cleaning the surface of the charging roller. The cleaner includes a driving shaft and a cleaning roller which is rotatably mounted on the dr... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7114610 | Conveyor belt cleaning system An assembly and method for cleaning a conveyor belt system is disclosed. The cleaning assembly is for removing liquids and solids from an endless conveyor belt, the assembly includes a plurality of laterally extending liquid absorbent material sheets disposed adjace... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7083038 | Automatic developing device, roller washing method, photosensitive material processing device, and preparation method for processing liquid A roller washing method for a photosensitive material processing device. The processing device processes a photosensitive material with a processing liquid while conveying the photosensitive material with a conveying roller. An idle roller is disposed in contact wit... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7055675 | Conveyor belt cleaning system An assembly for cleaning a conveyor belt system is disclosed. The cleaning assembly is for a conveyor belt system with the type having first and second endless belts which each traverse a separate belt travel path and together define a generally upright article tran... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7043188 | Cleaning device for cleaning a moving surface An apparatus for cleaning a moving surface having toner particles thereon, including: a housing defining an open ended chamber; means, disposed in the chamber of the housing with a portion thereof extending outwardly from the open end of the chamber of the housing i... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6983510 | Belt cleaning systems and methods Systems and methods for cleaning belts used to move fiber optics are disclosed. In general, the system includes wheels that can be arranged to receive a fiber optic belt. The belt can be arranged between a contact plate and a brush. Movement is provided to both the ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6955121 | Methods and apparatus for cleaning a stencil A stencil wiper apparatus for wiping a stencil of a stencil printer includes a material supply assembly having a supply roller to deliver a roll of material, a take-up roller to receive the material, and a drive to move the material across the stencil between the su... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6936111 | Method and device for washing a rubber blanket During a washing cycle of a rubber blanket on a blanket cylinder some revolutions of the blanket cylinder are initially performed during which the cleaning element is lifted off the blanket cylinder temporarily when the clamping channel passes under the cleaning ele... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6886623 | Strip casting apparatus An apparatus for casting metal strip in which molten metal is applied to a casting roll the surface of which is cleaned by a cleaning brush device comprising a main brush extending across the roll surface by sweeper brush actuator 28A and a sweeper brush exte... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6688225 | System for cooling ink and other liquids on a printing press An ink cooling system for printing presses is disclosed. The ink cooling system is arranged to cool ink at locations within a printing press at the locations in which the ink properties are most likely to be adversely impacted, and which locations are or ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6644463 | Cleated conveyor belt and cleaning assembly A conveyor belt assembly is provided with a cleated type conveyor belt or other belt having raised projections on its carrying surface, and a cleaning mechanism adapted to clean the belt. The cleaning mechanism has a rotatable shaft and a plurality of fle... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6594457 | Brush roll cleaning unit and image formation apparatus using it A cleaning unit having a brush roll with a myriad of slidingly scrubbing bristles upright relative to a rotation shaft for slidingly scrubbing the surface of a rotation body with the brush roll for removing toner deposited on the rotation body. When the b... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6513432 | Device for cleaning a cylinder in a printing machine A device for cleaning a cylinder in a printing machine, the cylinder having a jacket surface with at least one raised element, includes a cleaner engageable with the jacket surface of the cylinder and being rotatable about an axis of rotation for cleaning... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6432211 | Method of cleaning a printing form and cleaning fluid therefor A method of cleaning an imaged printing form having a silicone-based non-printing layer, which includes exerting a defined contact pressure by a cleaning arrangement on a printing-form surface to be cleaned, and moving at least one of the printing form an... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6378161 | Cleaning element A cleaning element (1) for use in the fuser section of electrostatographic reproduction or printing apparatus. The element includes projections projecting from an outer surface to form a pile (5). The cross section of each projection has a cross section h... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6381427 | Transfer roller cleaning A high speed copier 10 has a transfer roller 42 and a cleaning brush 52. The cleaning performance is improved when the engagement of the two rollers exceeds a first threshold T1. Their engagement is maintained below a stall threshold T2.... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6371025 | Apparatus and method for cleaning a tubular printing blanket An apparatus for cleaning a tubular printing blanket, comprises a first end cap mounted to a first end portion of the tubular printing blanket; a second end cap mounted to a second end portion of the tubular printing blanket, a compressed air inlet passin... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6264756 | Method and apparatus for cleansing the internal rollers of a computer pointer device A cleaning apparatus for computer pointer devices having a standard ball contacting input rollers has an abradant ball mounted to a rotary shaft in a manner that the abradant ball may be brought into contact with rollers of the pointer device with the sta... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6253056 | Foam pad for removing electrostatically charged particles from a surface An apparatus for removing electrostatically charged particles from a surface such as the backside of an image bearing belt of the type found in an electrostatographic printing apparatus or a drive roller supporting an image bearing belt. The apparatus inc... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6199243 | Device for cleaning screen plate used in screen printing A cleaning device for cleaning a screen plate used in a screen printing is disclosed. The cleaning device comprises a base structure which can be placed just below the screen plate. A press member, such as a cleaning blade or cleaning roller is carried on... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6200392 | Sheet cleaning apparatus with cartridge roller assembly and method of use A sheet cleaning apparatus having sets of cleaning rollers, wherein the rollers are integrated into a removable cartridge structure. Couplers are provided at roller shaft ends to connect to the roller drive. The cartridge is received in a slide carriage, ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6201940 | Transfer roller cleaning apparatus of liquid electrophotographic printer A transfer roller cleaning apparatus of a liquid electrophotographic printer for removing toner particles and foreign matter remaining on a transfer roller for transferring a toner image formed on a photoreceptor belt. The transfer roller includes a clean... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6150066 | Method and apparatus for repetitively using a toner image carrier sheet A method of repetitively using a sheet or similar toner image carrier produced from an image forming apparatus, and a toner applicable thereto. A toner forming an image on the toner image carrier is removed to erase the image. The toner image carrier is i... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6081956 | Method and apparatus for cleansing the internal rollers of a computer pointer device A cleaning apparatus for computer pointer devices having a standard ball contacting input rollers has an abradant ball mounted to a rotary shaft in a manner that the abradant ball may be brought into contact with rollers of the pointer device with the sta... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6061867 | Method and device for eliminating peeled-off surface portions of an ink-repellent layer of an offset printing plate A method and a device for eliminating peeled-off surface portions of an ink-repellent layer of an offset printing plate. With known plate-cylinder washing devices such peeled-off surface portions of an ink-repellent layer cannot be eliminated from the off... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6030674 | Cleaning sheet and recording medium set including the same cleaning sheet A cleaning sheet comprises a sheet-shaped base and an adhesive layer formed on at least one surface of the sheet-shaped base member. The adhesive layer has an adhesive strength in the range of 0.1-0.5 gf 125 mm according to a 180-degree peel-off method pr... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5989358 | Sheet cleaning apparatus with cartridge roller assembly and method of use A sheet cleaning apparatus having sets of cleaning rollers, wherein the rollers are integrated into a removable cartridge structure. Couplers are provided at roller shaft ends to connect to the roller drive. The cartridge is received in a slide carriage, ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5974975 | Cleaning device for cylinders of printing presses A cleaning device for cylinders of printing presses, having at least one wash roll engageable with and disengageable from the cylinders, the wash roll being formed as a brush roll and being sprayable with cleaning fluid, includes straight bristles and wav... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5978630 | System for cleaning contaminants from a vacuum assisted image conditioning roll A system for removing residual contaminants from an image conditioning apparatus that removes excess liquid from a developed image made up of toner particles immersed in a liquid carrier medium on an image bearing member. The system includes a vacuum blot... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5924495 | Apparatus and method for removal of surface debris from crop rows An apparatus for cleaning debris from the surface of crop rows without substantially damaging the growing crop having a wheeled frame attachable to a pulling vehicle, the wheels positioned to avoid a growing crop, at least one journalled rotatable shaft a... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5873014 | System for purging contaminants from a vacuum assisted image conditioning roll A system for removing excess carrier liquid from an electrostatic image developed with liquid developing material made up of toner particles immersed in a liquid carrier medium on an image bearing member. The system includes an absorbent contact roller fo... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5868841 | Blade holder with swiveling device for positioning with respect to a device for transporting a material web A blade holder for disposing a blade proximate to a roll for transporting a continuous web of material includes a blade positioned transversely to a direction of movement of a continuous web of material. The blade tensioning device is disposed on a blade ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5819138 | Electrophotographic apparatus having a device for removing paper dust from the photoreceptor An electrophotographic apparatus including an electrically conductive brush roller for recovering and discharging a residual toner and removing paper dust which is located in contact with a photoreceptor drum. A positive voltage is applied to a transfer r... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5813073 | Sheet cleaning apparatus with cartridge roller assembly A sheet cleaning apparatus having sets of cleaning rollers, wherein the rollers are integrated into a removable cartridge structure. Couplers are provided at roller shaft ends to connect to the roller drive. The cartridge is received in a slide carriage, ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5758237 | System for enhancing vacuum efficiency, particularly for conditioning liquid images in a liquid developing material-based electrostatographic system A system for removing excess carrier liquid from an electrostatic image developed with liquid developing material made up of toner particles immersed in a liquid carrier medium on an image bearing member. The system includes an absorbent contact roller fo... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5745945 | Brush conditioner for a semiconductor cleaning brush Disclosed is a brush conditioning apparatus for attachment to a wafer cleaning tool having a cylindrical brush. The brush conditioning apparatus includes a freely rotatable, cylindrically shaped brush conditioner that can be adjustably mounted onto an exi... | 05/05/1998 |
