Claims
- 1. A cleaner assembly for a printer that feeds a substrate one at a time into the printer, comprising a cleaning roller for engaging a surface of the substrate to be printed, said cleaning roller having a surface onto which particles will adhere, and a film having a pressure sensitive adhesive surface engaging the cleaning roller at a location spaced from a region of engagement of the cleaning roller and substrate, said pressure sensitive adhesive being movable with the cleaning roller and operating to remove debris on the surface of the cleaning roller.
- 2. The cleaning roller assembly of claim 1, wherein said pressure sensitive adhesive is mounted on at least two rollers that rotate at the same time the cleaning roller rotates.
- 3. The cleaning roller assembly of claim 2, wherein said film is driven by friction between the cleaning roller and the pressure sensitive adhesive surface.
- 4. The cleaning roller assembly of claim 1, wherein said pressure sensitive adhesive is a surface on a film formed into an endless band, and a pair of rollers that mounts the endless band with the pressure sensitive adhesive surface engaging the cleaning roller.
- 5. The cleaning roller assembly of claim 4, and a housing for mounting the cleaning roller, and the pair of rollers mounting the endless band in a common housing.
- 6. The cleaning roller assembly of claim 5, wherein said printer has support members for supporting said housing.
- 7. The cleaning roller assembly of claim 6, wherein the support members include slots, and said rollers mounting the endless band and said cleaning roller all have axes lying on a common plane.
- 8. The cleaning roller assembly of claim 5, wherein said housing has sidewalls, a back wall and an open side, a dust cover for said open side removably mounted on the housing, said rollers all having shafts mounted on saddle shaped receptacles formed on the side walls, the dust cover having covering saddle portions that hold the shafts of the rollers in position when the dust cover is closed.
- 9. The cleaning roller assembly of claim 8 and a latch for holding said dust cover in position on the housing.
- 10. The cleaning roller assembly of claim 6, wherein said housing has laterally extending studs that engage the support members to mount the housing relative to the printer.
- 11. The cleaning roller assembly of claim 4, wherein said endless band has a lateral width greater than the width of a substrate that is being fed into the printer.
- 12. A cleaner for removing debris and lint from the outer surface of a first roller supported in a frame comprising a housing, a pair of support rollers mounted in the housing, an endless band of flexible film having a pressure sensitive adhesive surface mounted on the support roller with the pressure sensitive adhesive surface facing outwardly, said first roller being supported to be in contact with the pressure sensitive adhesive surface, so that as said first roller rotates the endless band of film moves across the outer surface of the first roller and is driven in a path defined by the support rollers.
- 13. The cleaner of claim 12, wherein said first roller and said support rollers are mounted in a common housing.
- 14. The cleaner of claim 12, in combination with a substrate printer, said housing being supported in the printer with the first roller in contact with a substrate drive roller, said first roller being a cleaning roller and having an outer surface with adhesive qualities for removing debris and lint from a substrate moving between the first roller and a substrate drive roller.
Parent Case Info
[0001] Cross reference is made to co-pending application. Ser. No. _________, filed on even date herewith and entitled CARD THICKNESS SELECTION GATE FOR A CARD FEEDER (attorney's docket no. F12.12-0076) and Ser. No. _________, filed on even date herewith entitled DUAL CARD FEEDER (attorney's docket F12.120073).
Continuations (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
09604459 |
Jun 2000 |
US |
Child |
10025842 |
Dec 2001 |
US |