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US 6,659,447 B2Granted
Method of transporting a sheet of media from a stack of sheets
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorDavid William Jensen
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Abstract
A method of separating a sheet of print media from a stack of sheets, the sheets being porous, includes blowing fluid on to a top surface of a topmost sheet of the print media on the stack so that the fluid passes through at least the topmost sheet of the stack and capturing at least a part of the topmost sheet for conveyance to a printing station of a printer.
Claims10
A method of separating a sheet of print media from a stack of sheets, the sheets being porous and the method includes the steps of:
- applying high pressure to a fluid to cause said fluid to pass through a topmost sheet of the print media on the stack thereby separating the topmost sheet from the stack;
- and
- applying low pressure to the fluid to lift from the stack a part of the topmost sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.