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Toner recovery for DEP cleaning process
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1989-07-03
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Granted: 1990-02-20
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Expires: 2009-07-03
Abstract
Abstract Direct electrostatic printing (DEP) is enhanced by the provision of a shutter mechanism for preventing toner dislodged from the backside of a printhead structure from being deposited on copy substrates. The shutter is interposed between the printhead structure and the copy substrate during a cleaning cycle. The dislodged toner is removed from between the printhead structure and the copy substrate with a combination vacuum and toner collection device.
Inventors
- 👤 Fred W. Schmidlin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-25 17:48
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/385; B41J2/41; B41J2/415; B41J2/4155; G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/22; G03G15/34; G03G15/344; G03G15/346; G03G2217/00; G03G2217/0008; G03G2217/0025
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
135 words
Direct electrostatic printing apparatus, said apparatus comprising: a supply of charged toner particles; an apertured printhead structure through which toner particles pass in image configuration; an image receiving member disposed adjacent one side of said apertured printhead; means for supporting said image receiving member past said apertured printhead; means for effecting the attraction of toner particles from said apertured printhead structure to said image receiving member; means for periodically causing toner particles from said supply to bombard the side of said printhead structure disposed between said image receiving member and said printhead structure whereby momentum transfer between said toner particles caused to bombard said side and toner particles which have accumulated on said side causes said accumulated toner to become dislodged; and means for preventing dislodged toner from being deposited on said image receiving member.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
135 words
Direct electrostatic printing apparatus, said apparatus comprising: a supply of charged toner particles; an apertured printhead structure through which toner particles pass in image configuration; an image receiving member disposed adjacent one side of said apertured printhead; means for supporting said image receiving member past said apertured printhead; means for effecting the attraction of toner particles from said apertured printhead structure to said image receiving member; means for periodically causing toner particles from said supply to bombard the side of said printhead structure disposed between said image receiving member and said printhead structure whereby momentum transfer between said toner particles caused to bombard said side and toner particles which have accumulated on said side causes said accumulated toner to become dislodged; and means for preventing dislodged toner from being deposited on said image receiving member.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said preventing means comprises a shutter member interposed between said side and said image receiving member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
55 words
Apparatus according to claim 2 including means for effecting positioning of said shutter member intermediate said side and said image receiving member simultaneously with the actuation of said means for periodically causing toner particles from said supply to bombard the side of said printhead structure disposed between said image receiving member and said printhead structure.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
Apparatus according to claim 3 including means for removing said dislodged toner from between said side and said shutter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
Apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said removing means comprises a vacuum device.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
Apparatus according to claim 5 including means for collecting said dislodged toner.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
110 words
The method of printing images, said method including the steps of: supplying toner particles to an apertured printhead structure; supporting an image receiving member to one side of said apertured printhead structure; attracting toner particles from said apertured printhead structure to said image receiving member; periodically causing toner particles from said supply to bombard the side of said printhead structure disposed between said image receiving member and said printhead structure whereby momemtum transfer between said toner particles caused to bombard said side and toner particles which have accumulated on said side causes said accumulated toner to become dislodged; and preventing dislodged toner from being deposited on said image receiving member.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
110 words
The method of printing images, said method including the steps of: supplying toner particles to an apertured printhead structure; supporting an image receiving member to one side of said apertured printhead structure; attracting toner particles from said apertured printhead structure to said image receiving member; periodically causing toner particles from said supply to bombard the side of said printhead structure disposed between said image receiving member and said printhead structure whereby momemtum transfer between said toner particles caused to bombard said side and toner particles which have accumulated on said side causes said accumulated toner to become dislodged; and preventing dislodged toner from being deposited on said image receiving member.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method according to claim 7 wherein said step of preventing dislodged toner from being deposited on said image receiving member comprises positioning a shutter between said side and said image receiving member.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
56 words
The method according to claim 8 including the step of positioning of said shutter member intermediate said side and said image receiving member simultaneously with the actuation of said means for periodically causing toner particles from said supply to bombard the side of said printhead structure disposed between said image receiving member and said printhead structure.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method according to claim 9 including the step of removing said dislodged toner from between said side and said shutter.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method according to claim 10 including the step of collecting said dislodged toner.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method according to claim 11 wherein said removing step comprises the use of a vacuum device.
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