Method and apparatus for enhanced sheet hold down on an imaging transport
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsRuddy Castillo, Barry P. Mandel, Gerald A. Domoto
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Abstract
A method of enhancing cut sheet edge hold-down on an imaging transport surface, the method including: (a) moving a cut sheet towards the sheet the imaging transport surface; (b) inducing a desired curl on one of the lead edge and trail edge of the cut sheet before the cut sheet enters the imaging transport surface, inducing a desired curl comprises inducing into the cut sheet a curl tending into the surface of the imaging transport surface.
Claims19
A method of enhancing cut sheet edge hold-down on an imaging transport surface, the method comprising:
- (a) moving a cut sheet towards the imaging transport surface;
- (b) inducing a desired curl on one of the lead edge and the trail edge of the cut sheet before the cut sheet enters the imaging transport surface, inducing a desired curl comprises inducing into said cut sheet a curl tending into the surface of the imaging transport surface.
An apparatus for enhancing cut sheet edge hold-down on an imaging transport surface, comprising:
- (a) means for moving a cut sheet towards the imaging transport surface;
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- (b) a sheet curling device positioned upstream of the imaging transport surface relative to movement of said cut sheet for inducing a desired pre-curl in one of the lead edge and trail edge of said cut sheet before said cut sheet enters the imaging transport surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.