US 12,105,448 B2
Intermediate transfer member cleaning
Omer De-Shalit, Ness Ziona (IL); Doron Schlumm, Ness Ziona (IL); and Mark Sandler, Ness Ziona (IL)
Assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/251,126
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/057833
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/093222, PCT Pub. Date May 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0012346 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/10 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/161 (2013.01) [G03G 15/168 (2013.01); G03G 21/0058 (2013.01); G03G 2215/1661 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intermediate transfer member cleaning system comprising:
an intermediate transfer member (“blanket”) to receive a thermoplastic print agent from a photoconductive element;
a rotatable endless cleaning surface,
wherein the rotatable endless cleaning surface can be positioned to rotatably engage with the blanket to transfer a residue of the thermoplastic print agent from the blanket to the endless cleaning surface;
wherein the rotatable endless cleaning surface can be moved away from the blanket to enter a pyrolysis station; and
the pyrolysis station,
for receiving the rotatable endless cleaning surface,
for heating the rotatable endless cleaning surface to convert the residue to ash, and
for removing the ash.