Sheet delivery station for copying apparatus

Claim 1

Reproducing apparatus comprising a frame having upper and lower portions, means for forming a dry toner image on a supporting sheet, means for fixing a toner image to said sheet, said fixing means including heating means to elevate the temperature of the toner to a level at which it at least softens, sheet delivery means for delivering said sheet from said fixing means to an output station, said sheet delivery means being positioned adjacent said fixing means and comprising a pair of transport rolls through which the sheet with said toner image is transported, said fixing means and the lower one of said transport rolls being mounted to the lower portion of the reproducing apparatus frame and the upper one of said transport rolls being mounted to the upper portion of the reproducing apparatus frame, said upper and lower frame portions being pivotally mounted relative to each other at one end, said upper roll in contact with the side of the sheet bearing the toner image having associated therewith a cleaning pad for cleaning the surface thereof of toner and debris, said cleaning pad being pivotally supported by a frame member about the axis of the upper roll, said cleaning pad comprising an inflammable pad of resiliently compressible flexible abrasive fibers forming a network of intercommunicating voids to scrape toner off the surface of said upper transport roll whereby said toner penetrates the voids of said cleaning pad.