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US 2003/0118357 A1Published application
Jam clearance in a post-fuser path in a xerographic printing apparatus
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsPaul M. Fromm, Richard C. Benton
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Abstract
In an apparatus, such as a fuser for xerographic printing, wherein sheets pass through a nip formed by two moving rollers, a substantially enclosed, effectively funnel-shaped path is defined to direct sheets from the nip to a subsequent processing station. When a jam condition occurs in the path, a movable surface defining the path moves to increase a size of the path. The increase in size prevents impaction of subsequent sheets entering the path, and also facilitates manual jam clearance.
Claims13
An apparatus useful in moving sheets, comprising:
- a first roller and a second roller, forming a nip therebetween;
- means defining a substantially enclosed post-roller path downstream of the nip along a process direction toward an output opening;
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- opening means for increasing a size of the post-roller path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.