Patent ID: 9581954
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B41J,G03G

Claim:
1. A printer cleaning device included in a printing system that treats an image receiving surface with a surface preparation material, the cleaning device comprising: a roller having a cylindrical wall about an interior volume configured to hold a fluid, the cylindrical wall having a plurality of apertures to enable the fluid within the interior volume to pass through the cylindrical wall, the roller being configured with an opening to enable the interior volume of the roller to be fluidly coupled to a source of fluid and the roller being configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical wall; a foam material having an inner surface that is configured to fit about and directly contact the cylindrical wall of the roller and directly receive the fluid passing through the cylindrical wall of the roller from the interior volume of the roller; an actuator operatively connected to the roller to move an outer surface of the foam material fitted about the cylindrical wall of the roller into and out of direct engagement with the image receiving surface within the printer system; and a controller operatively connected to the actuator, the controller configured to operate the actuator to move the outer surface of the foam material fitted about the cylindrical wall of the roller into and out of direct engagement with the image receiving surface to enable the foam material and the fluid in the foam material to remove selectively material from the surface of the printer system.