US 6,634,521 B1Granted

Sheet registration and deskewing system with independent drives and steering

AssigneeXerox Corporation

InventorShyshung S. Hwang

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Abstract

An apparatus for calibrating a sheet registering and deskewing device, comprising a plurality of sensors, located along a paper path, to sense a position of a sheet in the paper path at a first position and a second position, and to generate a signal indicative thereof, a pair of independent separately driven drive nips with steering mechanisms located in the paper path for forwarding the sheet from the first position to the second position and a controller, to receive signals from the said plurality of sensors and to generate motor control drive signals for the said pair of independent separately driven drive nips and steering mechanisms so as to induce a corrective action in the movement of the sheet from the first position to the second position in the paper path and to repeat the corrective action until a predetermined position is obtained.

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Dependent claims

A sheet registration and deskewing steering system with independent drives and steering comprising;

a paper path for a sheet;
a steerable drive mechanism for transporting the sheet along the paper path while imparting a lateral motion to the sheet as it is transported along the paper path;
a sensing system for detecting the skew and lateral position of the sheet including
a sensor located along the paper path;
a first edge sensor, located along an edge of the paper path;
and
a second edge sensor located along the edge of the paper path in substantially the same lateral position as the first edge sensor;
a pair of independently, separately driven first and second nips located subsequent to the steerable drive mechanism along the paper path;
and
a controller connected to the pair of independent and separately driven first and second nips and responsive to a signal from the second sensor for generating first and second drive signals for registering a sheet in the paper path.

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