Mounting surfaces for wiper blades
In example implementations, an apparatus includes a planar surface, a curved mounting surface and a wiper blade. The curved mounting surface may be coupled adjacent to the planar surface. The wiper blade may be clamped to the planar surface. A bottom of the wiper blade can rest on the curved mounting surface such that a free length of the wiper blade is different at a plurality of points along a width of the wiper blade.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a planar surface;
a curved mounting surface coupled adjacent to the planar surface; and
a wiper blade clamped to the planar surface, wherein a bottom of the wiper blade rests on the curved mounting surface such that a free length of the wiper blade is different at a plurality of points along a width of the wiper blade.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the curved mounting surface comprises a parabolic curve.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein an amount of curvature in the curved mounting surface is a function of an amount of pre-load force applied to the wiper blade.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the amount of curvature is a function of a width of a binary ink developer (BID), a stiffness of the wiper blade, a stiffness of a wiper blade holder and an amount of pre-load force that is applied.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the wiper blade applies a uniform angle of attack along a width of a cleaner roller.
6. An apparatus, comprising:
a non-planar surface;
a curved mounting surface coupled adjacent to the non-planar surface; and
a wiper blade clamped to the non-planar surface, wherein the non-planar surface adjusts an amount of deflection and a free length along a width of the wiper blade, wherein a bottom of the wiper blade rests on the curved mounting surface such that the free length of the wiper blade is different at a plurality of points along the width of the wiper blade.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the curved mounting surface comprises a parabolic curve.
8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein an amount of curvature of the curved mounting surface is a function of a width of a binary ink developer (BID), a stiffness of the wiper blade, a stiffness of a wiper blade holder and an amount of pre-load force that is applied.
9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the non-planar surface comprises a curve.
10. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the non-planar surface comprises a plurality of different curves along a width of the non-planar surface.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein each one of the plurality of different curves has a different curvature.
12. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the wiper blade applies a uniform amount of tip force and a uniform angle of attack along a width of a cleaner roller.
13. A binary ink developer (BID) section, comprising:
a developer roller;
a cleaner roller to clean excess printing fluid off of the developer roller;
a wiper blade to clean the cleaner roller;
a wiper blade holder comprising a curved mounting surface, wherein the wiper blade is clamped on the curved mounting surface of the wiper blade holder, wherein the curved mounting surface adjusts the wiper blade to provide a uniform angle of attack along a width of the cleaner roller.
14. The BID section of claim 13 , wherein a top portion of the wiper blade holder comprises a curvature.
15. The BID section of claim 14 , wherein the wiper blade holder comprises a non-planar surface that adjusts an amount of deflection along a width of the wiper blade such that the wiper blade applies a uniform amount of tip force along a width of the cleaner roller.