Patent ID: 6529702
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A cleaning blade comprising a fixed end and a distal cleaning end, the cleaning blade comprising a blade cleaning surface arranged for facing a photosensitive element surface of a moving photosensitive element, the cleaning end arranged to contact and clean the photosensitive element surface, the cleaning blade comprising a blade temperature, the cleaning blade including a heater for maintaining the blade temperature at a fixed temperature, the heater disposed on the blade cleaning surface at the fixed end, including sensing means for sensing the blade temperature, the sensing means comprising a thermocouple disposed on the blade cleaning surface at a point substantially equidistant between the heater and the cleaning end for sensing the blade temperature, including control means for controlling the heater based on the blade temperature that is sensed by the thermocouple, the heater comprising resistive heating means, the resistive heating means comprising a layer of conductive paint disposed substantially across a width of the blade cleaning surface.