Durable compact static elimination device for use in a document production machine

A static elimination device for removing static charge from a sheet of material being conveyed along a sheet path through a sheet handling machine, the static elimination device comprising:

• (a) a thin flexible support member having a first length suitable for spanning across the sheet path, and a first width defining an area with said first length for supporting a first and a second static charge removing members;
• (b) a first and a second static charge removing members mounted to said support member, each said first and said second static charge removing members having a second length substantially equal to said first length of said support member, and a second width greater than said first width of said support member, and each said first and said second static removing member comprising a conductive fabric including thin fibers forming a sheet of said conductive fabric, each fiber of said thin fibers having a conductive plating, said sheet of said conductive fabric comprising a non-woven innumerable number of said thin fibers piled, compressed and bonded, and said sheet of said conductive fabric having a cross-section including highly random orientations of cut tip ends and uncut longitudinal sections of individual fibers of said thin fibers for maximizing a total available surface area of said thin fibers forming a static eliminating edge of said static charge removing member;
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• (c) attaching means for attaching said first and said second charge removing members to said thin flexible support member, attaching means consisting of a double-sided adhesive tape.