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US 2020/0076973 A1Published application
Conditioner modules with calender rollers
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsKevin Lo, Bradley B Branham
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Abstract
In an example, a conditioner module may include a bridge to receive media from a media path of an imaging device and to deliver the media to a media input of a finisher module. The conditioner module may include a calender nip disposed at an output end of the bridge. The calender nip may compress the media and may feed the media into the media input of the finisher module.
Claims15
A conditioner module, comprising:
- a bridge to receive media from a media path of an imaging device and to deliver the media to a media input of a finisher module;
- and
- a calender nip disposed at an output end of the bridge, the calendar nip to compress the media and to feed the media into the media input of the finisher module.
A conditioner module:
- comprising:
- a conditioner media path to receive media from a copier media path;
- and
- a calender nip disposed at a media output of the conditioner module, the calender nip including a calender roller having a one-way clutch,
- the calender nip to compress and flatten the media as it is moved through the calender nip such that the stacking friction of the media is decreased, and to feed the media into a finisher module after the media has been compressed and flattened.
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An imaging device, comprising:
- a copier;
- a media path within the copier;
- a finisher module;
- and
- a conditioner module, comprising:
- a bridge disposed along the media path to connect the media path to a media input of the finisher module;
- and
- a first calender roller and a second calender roller disposed at an output end of the bridge, the first calender roller and the second calender roller arranged to define a calender nip, the calendar nip to compress and flatten the media and to feed the media into the media input of the finisher module after the media has been compressed and flattened.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.