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US 7,819,401 B2Granted
Print media rotary transport apparatus and method
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorSteven R. Moore
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Abstract
This disclosure provides a print media rotary transport apparatus and method of operation. The print media transport apparatus comprises a print media rotary path and a print media rotary bypass path, wherein the print media rotary path rotates a print media sheet about an axis orthogonal to the print media sheet.
Claims21
A print media rotary transport apparatus comprising:
- a print media input;
- a print media rotary bypass operatively connected to the print media input, the print media rotary bypass substantially horizontally aligned with the print media input;
- a print media rotary transport operatively connected to the print media input, the print media rotary transport vertically offset from the print media rotary bypass and located substantially parallel to the print media rotary bypass;
- a first print media output operatively connected to the print media rotary bypass;
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- a second print media output operatively connected to the print media rotary transport, the second print media output substantially orthogonal to the first print media output;
- wherein the print media rotary bypass is configured to selectively receive a print media sheet and transport the print media sheet to the first print media output, and the print media rotary transport is configured to selectively receive a print media sheet, rotate the print media sheet about an axis orthogonal to the print media sheet plane, and transport the rotated print media sheet to the second print media output.
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A printing system comprising:
- a first printing module comprising:
- a print media input;
- and
- a print media output;
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- a print media diverter module comprising:
- a print media input;
- a print media rotary bypass operatively connected to the print media input, the print media rotary bypass substantially horizontally aligned with the print media input;
- a print media rotary transport operatively connected to the print media input, the print media rotary transport vertically offset from the print media rotary bypass and located substantially parallel to the print media rotary bypass;
- a first print media output operatively connected to the print media rotary bypass;
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- a second print media output operatively connected to the print media rotary transport, the second print media output substantially orthogonal to the first print media output;
- wherein the print media rotary bypass is configured to selectively receive a print media sheet and transport the print media sheet to the first print media output, and the print media rotary transport is configured to selectively receive a print media sheet, rotate the print media sheet about an axis orthogonal to the print media sheet plane, and transport the rotated print media sheet to the second print media output which routes the print media sheet to the first printing module print media input for subsequent image marking.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.