- Patent Title: Notched end seal for an electrophotographic image forming device
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Application No.: US15240239Application Date: 2016-08-18
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Publication No.: US09835978B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Scott Richard Castle , Richard Louis Goin , Brad Edward Mattingly , Benjamin Erich Kant , Joseph Andrew Schaefer
- Applicant: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- Applicant Address: US KY Lexington
- Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US KY Lexington
- Agent Justin M. Tromp
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
An end seal for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes an elastomeric body having a blade seal portion for sealing against a rear surface of a doctor blade and a curved rotary seal portion that extends from a bottom end of the blade seal portion for sealing against an outer surface of a rotatable developer roll. The end seal includes a cutout in an inner axial side of the body positioned at a point where the rotary seal portion and the blade seal portion meet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170082949A1 NOTCHED END SEAL FOR AN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-03-23
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