Selectively lifting substrates
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsChen Zigdon, Daniel Skvirsky, Roy Beeri, Liora Braun
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Abstract
Example implementations relate to selectively deflecting substrates. One example implementation includes an apparatus to selectively lift a part of a substrate away from a transfer member when the substrate is advancing in a substrate coating system relative to the transfer member, such that, across a width of the substrate, a first part of the substrate is coated by the transfer member and a second part of the substrate, that is lifted by the apparatus, remains uncoated.
Claims15
An apparatus to selectively lift a part of a substrate away from a transfer member when the substrate is advancing in a substrate coating system relative to the transfer member, such that, across a width of the substrate, a first part of the substrate is coated by the transfer member and a second part of the substrate, that is lifted by the apparatus, remains uncoated.
A substrate coating system comprising:
- a transfer member to transfer a substance to a substrate under tension by a pair of tension rollers;
- a mechanism, mounted relative to the transfer member, comprising a guide member to move between a first position and a second position;
- wherein, in the first position, the guide member is disengaged from the substrate, and in the second position, the guide member is engaged with the substrate to lift a portion of the substrate away from the transfer member and avoid transfer of the substance from the transfer member to the lifted portion of the substrate.
A method comprising:
- moving a medium along a transport path;
- tensioning the medium in a transfer zone;
- coating a first portion of the medium in the transfer zone by transferring fluid between a fluid transfer surface and the medium;
- and
- lifting a second portion of the medium away from the fluid transfer surface to prevent fluid transfer to the second portion, so that, in the transfer zone, the transport path comprises a section, corresponding to the second portion of the medium, that is lifted relative to another section, corresponding to the first portion of the medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.