Printer finishing apparatus
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsBruce G. Johnson, Robert Yraceburu, Wesley R. Schalk, Luke P. Sosnowski
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Abstract
Example printer finishing apparatus are described herein. An example printer disclosed herein includes an alignment guide, a track to align a sheet relative to the alignment guide, a clamp to move between a raised position and a lowered position relative to the sheet, and a force applicator coupled to the clamp. The force applicator is to cause the sheet to engage the alignment guide when the clamp is in the lowered position.
Claims15
A printer comprising:
- an alignment guide;
- a track to align a sheet relative to the alignment guide;
- a clamp to move between a raised position and a lowered position relative to the sheet;
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- a force applicator coupled to the clamp, the force applicator to cause the sheet to engage the alignment guide when the clamp is in the lowered position.
An apparatus comprising:
- an alignment guide to align an edge of a sheet received in a printer;
- a clamp to move between a raised position and a lowered position relative to the sheet, the clamp to contact a surface of the sheet in the lowered position;
- a force applicator;
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- a processor operatively coupled to the clamp and the force applicator, the processor to cause the force applicator to engage the sheet when the clamp moves between the raised position and the lowered position to one of hold or move the edge of the sheet in contact with the alignment guide.
An apparatus for finishing a plurality of sheets in a printer, the apparatus comprising:
- an alignment guide;
- a track;
- a first clamp to move a first sheet via the track to engage the alignment guide;
- a second clamp to clamp the first sheet to the plurality of sheets;
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- a force applicator to exert a force on a surface of the first sheet in response to the clamping of the first sheet by the second clamp, the means for exerting the force to maintain or re-engage the sheet with the alignment guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.