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US 6,757,506 B2Granted
Media clearance member
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorArthur H. Kahn
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Abstract
A media clearance apparatus including a member having a length, a thickness, and a width, and a first end and a second end. The member is securable along a portion of the member to a secondary member and is functionally operational such that one end of the member is movable from a first position out of contact with a media path into a second position in contact with the media path.
Claims22
A media clearance apparatus comprising:
- a member having a length, a thickness, and a width, and a first end and a second end, the member securable along a portion of the member to a secondary member and is functionally operational such that one end of the member is movable from a first position out of contact with a media path into a second position in contact with the media path wherein the second end of the member is responsive to movement of the secondary member as the secondary member angularly rotates about an axis and wherein the second end of the member is adapted to move across the media path and push on a portion of a media causing a portion of the media to move out of the media path in a direction away from the secondary member to an opposite side of the media path.
A media clearing member in an electrophotographic apparatus comprising:
- a member functionally associated with a media path having at least one curve, the member having a length, a thickness, and a width, and a first end and a second end, the member securable to a part of the electrophotographic apparatus wherein the member functionally operates such that one of the first end and the second end of the member is movable from a first position to a second position causing the other of the first end and the second end to move from a first position out of contact with the media path into a second position in contact with the media path wherein the member is not straight between the first end and the second end wherein the second end of the member is responsive of the secondary member as the secondary member angulary rotates about an axis and wherein the second end of the member is adapted to move into the media path and push on a portion of the media causing a portio of the media to move out of the media path in direction away from the secondary member to an opposite side of the media path.
An electrophotographic apparatus comprising:
- at least one media path;
- a member functionally associated with the media path, the member having a length, a thickness, and a width, and a first end and a second end, the member securable to a part of the electrophotographic apparatus and adapted such that one of the first end and the second end of the member is movable from a first position to a second position causing the other of the first end and the second end to move from a first position out of contact with the media path into a second position in contact with the media path wherein the second end of the member is responsive to movement of the secondary member as the secondary member angulary rotates about an axis wherein the second end of the member is adapted to move into the media path and push on a portion of the media causing a portion of the media to move out of the media path in a direction away from the secondary member to an opposite side of the media path.
A method of clearing media from a media path in an electrophotographic apparatus comprising:
- moving a first member functionally associated with a second member in the electrophotographic apparatus such that a free end of the second member intersects a portion of a media path and contacts the media causing movement of a portion of the media out of the media path;
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- removing the media from the electrophotographic apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.