Patent ID: 7010259

Claim:
An apparatus for cleaning an image transfer surface in an image transfer device, comprising: a first cleaning station for applying cleaning fluid to the image transfer surface and removing cleaning fluid with a first portion of residual material from the image transfer surface; a second cleaning station for applying cleaning fluid to the image transfer surface and removing cleaning fluid with a second portion of residual material from the image transfer surface, wherein the first and second cleaning stations are positioned to consecutively clean the image transfer surface; a first tank in fluid communication with the first cleaning station, the first tank supplying cleaning fluid to the first cleaning station, and receiving cleaning fluid with residual material from the first cleaning station; and a second tank in fluid communication with the second cleaning station, and in fluid communication with the first tank, the second tank supplying cleaning fluid to the second cleaning station, and receiving cleaning fluid with residual material from the second cleaning station, and supplying cleaning fluid to the first tank.