NOTCHED END SEAL FOR AN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING DEVICE

An end seal for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes an elastomeric body having a blade seal portion for sealing against a rear surface of a doctor blade and a curved rotary seal portion that extends from a bottom end of the blade seal portion for...

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Hauptverfasser: Goin, Richard Louis, Kant, Benjamin Erich, Castle, Scott Richard, Mattingly, Brad Edward
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:An end seal for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes an elastomeric body having a blade seal portion for sealing against a rear surface of a doctor blade and a curved rotary seal portion that extends from a bottom end of the blade seal portion for sealing against an outer surface of a rotatable developer roll. The end seal includes a cutout in an inner axial side of the body positioned at a point where the rotary seal portion and the blade seal portion meet.