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US4523832A
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Sheet transport
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1983-09-20
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Granted: 1985-06-18
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Expires: 2003-09-20
Abstract
Abstract A sheet transport for a photocopier for reversing the direction of sheet travel has only an outer curved guide surface, and input, intermediate and output drive rolls spaced apart less than the length of a sheet. The disengageable output drive nip cooperates with an opposed guide surface and one or more retractable stops to achieve registration of the copy sheet with the image.
Inventors
- 👤 John R. Strutt
- 👤 Anil G. Bhagwat
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-30 02:57
CPC Classifications
B; B25; B25B; B25B13/00; B25B13/46; B25B13/461; B25B17/00; B65; B65H; B65H15/00; B65H15/004; B65H5/00; B65H5/06; B65H5/062; G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/65; G03G15/6555; G03G15/6558; G03G15/6561; G03G15/6564; G03G2215/00; G03G2215/00362; G03G2215/00367; G03G2215/004; G03G2215/00405; G03G2215/00535; G03G2215/00544
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
168 words
A sheet transport for reversing the direction of travel of a sheet, comprising a direction reversing guide consisting only of an outer, curved surface, spaced drive rolls for conveying sheets along said surface, said spaced drive rolls including input and disengageale output drive nips spaced less than the dimension of travel of the smallest sheet intended to be transported from a single intermediate drive nip, and registration means, said registration means includes a buckle inducing throat formed between an end portion of said guide and an opposed guide surface directed towards said output nip, and one or more retractable registration stops for registering a sheet in the disengaged nip, said end portion of said guide having a proturberance arranged to direct a sheet out of alignment with the disengaged nip and against said opposed guide surface, whereby a sheet fed against the registration means is buckled about said protuberance, said output nip being subsequently reengaged for feeding the sheet in synchronism with a developed image on a photoreceptor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
168 words
A sheet transport for reversing the direction of travel of a sheet, comprising a direction reversing guide consisting only of an outer, curved surface, spaced drive rolls for conveying sheets along said surface, said spaced drive rolls including input and disengageale output drive nips spaced less than the dimension of travel of the smallest sheet intended to be transported from a single intermediate drive nip, and registration means, said registration means includes a buckle inducing throat formed between an end portion of said guide and an opposed guide surface directed towards said output nip, and one or more retractable registration stops for registering a sheet in the disengaged nip, said end portion of said guide having a proturberance arranged to direct a sheet out of alignment with the disengaged nip and against said opposed guide surface, whereby a sheet fed against the registration means is buckled about said protuberance, said output nip being subsequently reengaged for feeding the sheet in synchronism with a developed image on a photoreceptor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The sheet transport of claim 1, sherein said input nip is formed by a sheet feeder for feeding sheets one at a time from a stack of sheets.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The sheet transport of claim 2, wherein feeding from said sheet feeder is automatically terminated once a sheet is acquired by said intermediate drive nip thereby avoiding uncontrolled stream feeding.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
83 words
A photocopier including a sheet transport for delivering individual sheets from a stack of sheets to a transfer station for transferring a developed image from a photosensitive surface to the sheets, comprising a direction reversing guide consisting only of an outer curved surface and spaced drive rolls for conveying sheets along said surface, said guide surface being arranged so that sheets are conveyed across it with an edge overlapping a side edge of said guide surface to enhance the removal of jammed sheets.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
83 words
A photocopier including a sheet transport for delivering individual sheets from a stack of sheets to a transfer station for transferring a developed image from a photosensitive surface to the sheets, comprising a direction reversing guide consisting only of an outer curved surface and spaced drive rolls for conveying sheets along said surface, said guide surface being arranged so that sheets are conveyed across it with an edge overlapping a side edge of said guide surface to enhance the removal of jammed sheets.
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