Rotating vane toner transport for blade cleaning on horizontal surfaces.

摘要

Toner removal device for removing residual toner and debris from a charge retentive surface (10) after transfer of toner images from the surface. This device is characterized by an integral extruded multi-vaned (116) toner transport member (114) for vertical removal of toner accumulated at a cleaning blade (102) chiselingly removing toner from the charge retentive surface and transporting toner from the area about the blade to a augering transport device (110) for transporting toner to a sump.