Residual toner damming assembly

A residual toner damming assembly is provided for use in a toner imaging machine having a moving toner image carrying surface and a cleaning blade for removing residual toner particles from the toner image carrying surface. The residual toner damming assembly includes (a) a sealing member for locati...

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Main Authors DELUZIO MICHAEL J, THOMPSON ALLEN J, COTTRELL WILLIE J.JR
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 27.04.2006
Subjects
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROGRAPHY
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
HOLOGRAPHY
MAGNETOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
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Summary:A residual toner damming assembly is provided for use in a toner imaging machine having a moving toner image carrying surface and a cleaning blade for removing residual toner particles from the toner image carrying surface. The residual toner damming assembly includes (a) a sealing member for locating against the moving toner image carrying surface upstream of the cleaning blade relative to movement of the moving toner image carrying surface and (b) a damming device located against the sealing member and projecting in a residual toner capturing angle relative to the moving toner image carrying surface for capturing and accumulating a desired quantity of residual toner particles against the moving toner image carrying surface, thereby increasing a number of residual toner particles reaching and lubricating the cleaning edge of cleaning blade against the image carrying surface.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20040974615