Systems and methods for implementing advanced single pass cleaning of a reimageable surface in a variable data digital lithographic printing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9507266-B2
Application number	US-201414318651-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2014
Priority date	Jun 29, 2014
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

A system and method are provided for enclosing a plurality of cleaning unit components in a moist cleaning unit environment, the plurality of cleaning unit components cooperating to employ a cleaner roller in an image forming device to facilitate effective cleaning of a reimageable surface in an image forming device using a proposed variable data digital lithographic image forming architecture. A range of solvents may be applied to a hard smooth high surface energy surface of the cleaner roll and a cleaning unit component internally positioned within the cleaning enclosure to clean the surface of the cleaner roll. Mechanical components are properly placed prior to the cleaner roll-reimageable surface nip to ensure that residual liquid on a surface of the cleaner roll is removed.

First claim

We claim:

1. A cleaner component in a variable data digital image forming system, comprising:
an enclosure for substantially enclosing a plurality of cleaning unit components;
a cleaner roll, as a first one of the plurality of cleaning unit components, the cleaner roll contacting a reimageable surface of an imaging member in an image forming device at a first cleaner nip to remove ink from the reimageable surface;
a first wetting unit, as a second one of the plurality of clean…

Assignees

• Palo Alto Res Ct Inc
• Xerox Corp

Inventors

• Stowe Timothy D
• Thayer Bruce Earl
• Raychaudhuri Sourobh
• Anderson Gregory B
• Sheridan Marty J

Classifications

• G03F7/24 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• B41F35/02

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B41F35/006

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic