Method and apparatus for controlling a fluffer port in an image production device
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorTimothy Gordon SHELHART
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling a fluffer port in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include receiving an input from one or more sensors; the one or more sensing at least one of media type, media weight, temperature, and humidity, selecting a fluffer port configuration from a plurality of fluffer port configurations based on the received sensor input, and sending a signal to fluff a media stack using the selected fluffer port configuration.
Claims15
A method for controlling a fluffer port in an image production device, comprising:
- receiving an input from one or more sensors, the one or more sensors sensing at least one of media type, media weight, temperature, and humidity;
- selecting a fluffer port configuration from a plurality of fluffer port configurations based on the received sensor input;
- and
- sending a signal to fluff a media stack using the selected fluffer port configuration.
A fluffer section of an image production device, comprising:
- one or more sensors that sense at least one of media type, media weight, temperature, and humidity;
- one or more fluffer ports;
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- a fluffer port control unit that receives an input from the one or more sensors, selects a fluffer port configuration from the plurality of fluffer port configurations based on the received sensor input, and sends a signal to fluff a media stack using the selected fluffer port configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.