Electrophotography – Internal machine environment – Particle or contaminant control
Reexamination Certificate
2008-12-15
2011-10-25
Karmis, Stefanos (Department: 3653)
Electrophotography
Internal machine environment
Particle or contaminant control
C399S358000, C399S123000, C399S034000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08045880
ABSTRACT:
A sheet feeding device to feed a sheet in a sheet feeding path is provided. The sheet feeding device includes a plurality of feeding rollers to feed a sheet in the sheet feeding path, and a dust remover unit to remove dust adhered onto a surface of the sheet. The dust remover unit includes a dust absorber roller to absorb dust from a surface of the sheet, a dust remover member arranged to be in contact with a surface of the dust absorber roller to remove the dust from the surface of the dust absorber roller, a conveyer member, arranged to be opposed to the dust remover member, to convey the dust removed by the dust remover member, and a cutter member, arranged in an intervening position between the dust remover roller and the conveyer member, to cut the dust removed by the dust remover member into smaller pieces.
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Banner & Witcoff Ltd
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Gonzalez Luis A
Karmis Stefanos
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