Abstract: A cleaning station for removing toner and particulates from a fusing member has first and second cleaning rollers rollingly engaging the fusing member. Each cleaning roller has a roller surface coated with a layer of tacky toner. Each roller further defines an internal receiver for collecting excess toner and particulates, and has an aperture forming a fluid passage between the reservoir and the surface of the roller. A synchronization assembly synchronizes the rotation of the rollers so the second cleaning roller cleans the portions of the fusing member uncleaned by the first cleaning roller due to the aperture in the surface of the first cleaning roller.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 16, 1999
Date of Patent:
April 24, 2001
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation
Inventors:
Nancy Y. Jia, Gerald M. Fletcher, John S. Berkes