Patent 7885584 was granted and assigned to Eastman Kodak on February, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An apparatus and related method for a self-cleaning toner roller device adjacent a toner roller. The cleaning device having one or more shields to capture the toner debris from the toner roller, a toner debris receptacle to collect the toner debris, and a controller to move the applicator from an operational mode to a self-cleaning mode.