Embossing gate roller
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsWayne Edward Church, Frederick Fenn Quist, Jr.
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Abstract
In a document copier machine wherein an image is placed on a drum and transferred to copy paper, an embossing gate roller which places a small embossed section in the leading edge of copy paper so that the embossed section stands away from the surface of the drum to allow a stripper to coact with the copy paper and remove it from the drum.
Claims8
In an electrophotographic machine wherein copy paper is moved from a supply area to a transfer station whereat an image of a document to be copied is transferred from an image-bearing drum to said copy paper through contact of said copy paper with said drum, apparatus including:
- embossing means located prior to said transfer station in the path of said copy paper, for forming a small embossed section in the leading edge of said copy paper so that said small embossed section including a portion of said leading edge stands away from the surface of said drum when said leading edge is in contact with said drum;
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- stripper means for removing said copy paper from said drum, said stripper coacting with said embossed section of said copy paper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.