Apparatus and method for stripper finger operation
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorAugusto E. BARTON
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Abstract
An apparatus and method that operates a stripper finger. The apparatus can include a media path configured to transport a media sheet. The apparatus can include a rotational member configured to contact the media sheet. The apparatus can include a stripper finger having a length along a longitudinal axis. The stripper finger can include tip at an end of the length. The stripper finger can be configured to selectively engage and disengage contact between the tip and the rotational member to selectively strip the media sheet from the rotational member.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a media path configured to transport a media sheet;
- a rotational member configured to contact the media sheet;
- and
- a stripper finger having a length along a longitudinal axis, the stripper finger including tip at an end of the length, wherein the stripper finger is configured to selectively engage and disengage contact between the tip and the rotational member to selectively strip the media sheet from the rotational member.
A method in an apparatus including a media path, a rotational member, and a stripper finger having a length along a longitudinal axis, the stripper finger including a tip at an end of the length, the method comprising:
- transporting the media sheet in the media path;
- contacting the media sheet with the rotational member;
- engaging contact between the stripper finger tip and the rotational member to strip the media sheet from the rotational member;
- and
- disengaging contact between the stripper finger tip and the rotational member.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a media path configured to transport a media sheet;
- an image generation module configured to generate an image on the media sheet;
- a rotational member configured to contact the media sheet;
- a stripper finger having a length along a longitudinal axis, the stripper finger including a tip at an end of the length, the stripper finger configured to strip the media sheet from the rotational member;
- a piezoelectric actuator coupled to the stripper finger;
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- a voltage source coupled to the piezoelectric actuator, the voltage source configured to apply a first voltage to the piezoelectric actuator to engage contact between the stripper finger tip and the rotational member to strip the media sheet from the rotational member and configured to apply a second voltage to the piezoelectric actuator to disengage contact between the stripper finger tip and the rotational member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.