# US 5,342,039 A · Sheet handling device and method for transporting sheets

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- Number: US 5,342,039 A
- Document ID: US5342039A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/992,199
- Filed: 1992-12-17
- Granted: 1994-08-30
- Earliest claimed: 1992-12-17
- Assignees: Xerox Corporation
- Inventors: Michael Carlotta; David G. Anderson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5342039A

## CPC

- G03G 15/65: {Apparatus which relate to the handling of copy material (handling sheets or webs in general B65H; for photographic purposes in general G03B)}
- B65H 9/103: {acting by friction or suction on the article for pushing or pulling it into registered position, e.g. against a stop}
- G03G 15/60: {Apparatus which relate to the handling of originals (for photographic purposes in general G03B)}
- B65H 2404/561: Bristles, brushes
- G03G 2215/00405: Registration device
- G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
- B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

## Abstract

A sheet transport for transporting sheets across a surface which includes an elongated member supported for transverse movement across the surface. The transport further includes a fibrous material which comprises a base substrate portion carried by the member and a plurality of fibers extending from the base substrate so that the extending fibers form a sheet engaging area with the surface. Apparatus for moving the member across the surface is also provided so that a sheet in the sheet engaging area is translated in a process direction across the surface when the member is translated.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A sheet transport for transporting sheets across a surface comprising:
a lateral registration member forming a side guide for sheets translated on the surface;
an elongated member including a multiplicity of fibers extending outwardly therefrom with said fibers forming a sheet receiving area with the surface;
means for moving said elongated member across the surface so as to translate a sheet in the sheet receiving area across the surface; said extending fibers are oriented substantially in the direction of sheet translation across the surface at an angle ranging from about 5.degree. to about 12.degree. in the direction of said lateral registration member; and
clamping means for selectively and releasably securing sheets to the surface, said clamping means includes a lead edge registration member for engaging and registering a leading edge of sheets transported across the surface.