Apparatus and methods for determining stacker capacity
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsDavid L. RASMUSSEN, Carlos Manuel TERRERO
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Abstract
A media stacking system suitable for processing flexible substrate sheets includes an elevating stacker support and a controller configured to control the elevating stacker support according to a weight of a cut sheet stack supported by the elevating stacker support in loading positions.
Claims15
A media stacking system suitable for processing flexible substrate sheets, comprising:
- an elevating stacker support;
- and
- a controller, the controller being configured to control the elevating stacker support according to a weight of a cut sheet stack supported by the elevating stacker support in loading positions by causing a controller to set total stacker tray weight of a stacker tray to a value corresponding to an initial number of cut sheets loaded on the tray;
- causing the stacker tray to a be positioned at a loading position
- causing the stacker tray to receive a cut sheet for forming a cut sheet stack on the stacker tray;
- determining an adjusted total stacker weight of the stacker tray having the cut sheet;
- and
- determining whether the total stacker tray weight matches a predetermined fault weight stored in memory.
A sheet stacking method for cut sheet flexible media processing, comprising:
- causing a controller to set total stacker tray weight of a stacker tray to a value corresponding to an initial number of cut sheets loaded on the tray;
- causing the stacker tray to a be positioned at a loading position
- causing the stacker tray to receive a cut sheet for forming a cut sheet stack on the stacker tray;
- determining an adjusted total stacker weight of the stacker tray having the cut sheet;
- and
- determining whether the total stacker tray weight matches a predetermined fault weight stored in memory, wherein if the total stacker tray weight matches the predetermined fault weight, lowering the stacker tray to an unloading position.
(canceled)
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for controlling a stacker tray of media processing system, the instructions comprising:
- causing a controller to set total stacker tray weight of a stacker tray to a value corresponding to an initial number of cut sheets loaded on the tray;
- causing the stacker tray to a be positioned at a loading position
- causing the stacker tray to receive a cut sheet for forming a cut sheet stack on the stacker tray;
- determining an adjusted total stacker weight of the stacker tray having the cut sheet;
- and
- determining whether the total stacker tray weight matches a predetermined fault weight stored in memory, wherein if the total stacker tray weight matches the predetermined fault weight, lowering the stacker tray to an unloading position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.