An apparatus for cleaning a moving surface having toner particles thereon, including:
a housing defining an open ended chamber; means, disposed in the chamber of the
housing with a portion thereof extending outwardly from the open end of the chamber
of the housing into contact with the surface, for cleaning toner particles therefrom,
the removed particles moving away from the cleaning means; means for lubricating
the cleaning means, the lubricating means located downstream from the cleaning
means, in a direction of motion of the surface, the lubricating means collecting
and transporting toner particles from a center portion of the moving surface to
both end portion of the moving surface; and an auger, located downstream from the
cleaning means and the lubricating means, in the direction of motion of the surface,
collecting the toner particles that escape from the lubricating means.