Patent ID: 7882590

Claim:
A cleaning assembly adapted to remove debris from a media unit having first and second surfaces wherein the media unit travels along a media feed path having first and second sides, the cleaning assembly comprising: a cleaning station positioned along said media feed path, said cleaning station comprising: a first cleaning structure located on the first side of the media feed path and configured to remove debris from the first surface of the media unit; and a second cleaning structure located on the second side of the media feed path and configured to remove debris from the second surface of said media unit; wherein said first and second cleaning structures are constructed and arranged such that debris removed by said first cleaning structure is transmitted across the media feed path upon exit of the media unit from said cleaning station, wherein said first and second cleaning structures are adapted to at least intermittently mutually engage to transmit collected debris from a first cleaning surface of said first cleaning structure to a second cleaning surface of said second cleaning structure during said intermittent mutual engagement, wherein said first cleaning surface comprising a first adherence level and said second cleaning surface comprising a second adherence level, wherein said first and second cleaning structures remove debris from the media unit by intermittently engaging the respective first and second surfaces of the media unit, and wherein said second adherence level of said second cleaning surface is greater than said first adherence level of the first cleaning surface, further comprising a third cleaning structure including a third cleaning surface comprising a third adherence level, wherein said third cleaning surface of said third cleaning structure receives at least a portion of said debris from said first and second cleaning structures by at least intermittently engaging said second cleaning surface of said second cleaning structure, and wherein said third adherence level of said third cleaning surface is greater than said second adherence level of said second cleaning surface.