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US 11,006,011 B2Granted
Conditioner modules with calender rollers
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsKevin Lo, Jeffrey G Bingham, Bradley B Branham
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Abstract
In an example, a conditioner module may include a bridge to receive media from a media path of an imaging device and to deliver the media to a media input of a finisher module. The conditioner module may include a calender nip disposed at an output end of the bridge. The calender nip may compress the media and may feed the media into the media input of the finisher module.
Claims15
A conditioner module for an imaging device, comprising:
- a bridge to receive media from a media path of the imaging device and to deliver the media to a media input of a finisher module for the imaging device;
- and
- a calender nip disposed at an output end of the bridge, the calender nip including a calender roller having a one-way clutch,
- the calender nip to compress the media and to feed the media into the media input of the finisher module, and the media input of the finisher module to pull the media and overdrive the one-way clutch of the calender roller.
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A conditioner module for an imaging device, comprising:
- a conditioner media path to receive media from a copier media path;
- and
- a calender nip disposed at a media output of the conditioner module, the calender nip including a calender roller having a one-way clutch,
- the calender nip to compress and flatten the media as the media is moved through the calender nip such that stacking friction of the media is decreased, and to feed the media into a finisher module for the imaging device after the media has been compressed and flattened, the finisher module to pull the media from the media output of the conditioner module such that the media overdrives the one-way clutch of the calender roller.
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An imaging device, comprising:
- a copier;
- a media path within the copier;
- a finisher module;
- and
- a conditioner module, comprising:
- a bridge disposed along the media path to connect the media path to a media input of the finisher module;
- and
- a first calender roller and a second calender roller disposed at an output end of the bridge, the first calender roller and the second calender roller arranged to define a calender nip, and one of the first calender roller and the second calender roller including a one-way clutch, the calender nip to compress and flatten the media and to feed the media into the media input of the finisher module after the media has been compressed and flattened, and the media input of the finisher module to pull the media from the output end of the bridge and overdrive the one-way clutch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.