Web cleaning systems including an electrostatic cleaning brush and methods of cleaning printed webs

Web cleaning systems, apparatuses useful in printing onto webs, and methods of cleaning webs are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the web cleaning systems includes a first web cleaning device having a rotatable first electrostatic cleaning brush for contacting a first surface of a moving web on...

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Main Author Thayer, Bruce Earl
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 20.03.2012
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Summary:Web cleaning systems, apparatuses useful in printing onto webs, and methods of cleaning webs are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the web cleaning systems includes a first web cleaning device having a rotatable first electrostatic cleaning brush for contacting a first surface of a moving web on which toner is disposed to remove un-fixed toner from the first surface; and a first brush cleaning device having a first cleaning member contacting the first electrostatic cleaning brush for removing toner from the first electrostatic cleaning brush.