1. An oiling roller assembly, comprising:
an oiling roller;
a roller shaft about which the oiling roller rotates; and
at least one cap unit disposed on an end of the roller shaft.
2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one cap unit comprises a pair of caps.
3. The assembly of claim 2, wherein each of the pair of caps is substantially identical.
4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one cap further comprises a flange portion at an end of the cap that comes into contact with the oiling roller, and a recess portion at an opposite end of the cap.
5. The oiling roller assembly of claim 1, further comprising a retainer disposed onto at least one end of the roller shaft.
6. The oiling roller assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one cap unit disposed on an end of the oiling roller can be squeezed with an inward force to deflect the roller, while the roller provides an opposite force lateral load to the end cap.
7. A drum maintenance unit, comprising the oiling roller assembly of claim 1.
8. The drum maintenance unit of claim 7, further comprising a drawer, wherein the oiling roller assembly is installed in the drawer.
9. The drum maintenance unit of claim 7, wherein the oiling roller assembly is held in place by latching features.
10. A method of mounting an oiling roller assembly in a drum maintenance unit, comprising connecting at least one cap unit to an end of an oiling roller assembly.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising mounting the oiling roller on a roller shaft and disposing the at least one cap unit on at least one end of the roller shaft.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein disposing the at least one cap unit comprises disposing a pair of caps on respective ends of the roller shaft.
13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
pressing the at least one cap unit with an inward force sufficient to compress and deflect an end of the roller;
placing the oiling roller assembly into a cassette of the drum maintenance unit; and
releasing the compressed roller to spring back with sufficient lateral load applied to the at least one cap unit to hold the oiling roller assembly in place.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the oiling roller assembly is positioned in the cassette so that the center of the roller corresponds to about the center of an image on an image drum.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A disinfecting system for imaging media, the system comprising:
a readout device haying a reader unit that is configured to read an imaging medium;
a conveyor mechanism configured to convey at least one of the imaging medium and a transfer element for the imaging medium to and from the reader unit inside the readout device;
a disinfecting element configured to emit radiation capable of destroying disease carriers onto the conveyor mechanism; and
identification means configured to identify a presence or absence of at least one of the imaging medium and transfer element inside the readout device and control the disinfecting element to function when the at least one imaging medium is not inside the readout device.
2. The system according to claim 1, comprising a receiver element associated with the readout device, the receiver element configured to receive at least one of the imaging medium and the transfer element; wherein the disinfecting element is also configured to emit the radiation onto the receiver element.
3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the receiver element comprises an adapter configured to enable at least one of image plate media having different sizes, respectively, and transfer elements having different sizes, respectively, to be fed into the readout device.
4. The system according to claim 2, wherein the disinfecting element is one of a plurality of cleaning units.
5. The system according to claim 4, wherein one cleaning unit in the plurality of cleaning units is configured to emit radiation towards the conveyor mechanism and wherein another cleaning unit in the plurality of cleaning units is configured to emit radiation towards the receiver element.
6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the disinfecting element also is configured to emit radiation that erases the imaging medium.
7. The system according to claim 1, comprising a detection element configured to detect an object of detection outside of the readout device and then communicate a signal to the identification means; wherein the identification means is triggered by the signal to cause the disinfecting element to perform a function.
8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the function is emitting radiation.
9. The system according to claim 7, wherein the function is controlling emission of radiation.
10. The system according to claim 7, wherein the object of detection is a pattern of movement.
11. The system according to claim 1, comprising a guidelining element configured to indicate an active mode of the cleaning element.
12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the indicator comprises a signal light.
13. The system according to claim 1, wherein the radiation is selected from the group consisting of electromagnetic radiation and ultrasonic radiation.
14. The system according to claim 1, wherein the conveyor mechanism is configured to displace or guide at least one of the imaging medium and transfer element through the readout device.
15. The system according to claim 1, wherein the conveyor mechanism comprises a gripper element.