Adjustable idler rollers for lateral registration
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorMarina L. Tharayil
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AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorMarina L. Tharayil
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An assembly including nip assemblies spaced apart from one another along a first axis extending in the lateral direction. Each nip assembly including a driven wheel and an idler roller. The driven wheel rotatably supported about the first axis and the idler roller cooperating with the driven wheel to engage the sheet there between. The idler roller rotatably supported about a second axis. The first or second axis being selectively moveable relative to the other of the first or second axis between a first and second orientation. In the first orientation, the second axis extending parallel to the first axis, and in the second orientation the second axis extending at an oblique angle to the first axis. The selective movement of the second axis pivoting about a third axis substantially extending through a centerline common to both the driven wheel and the idler roller of each nip assembly.
An apparatus for laterally registering a sheet moved in a process direction along a transport path in a media handling assembly, a lateral direction extending perpendicular to the process direction, the assembly comprising:
A method of registering a lateral position of a sheet moved substantially in a process direction along a transport path in a media handling assembly, a lateral direction extending perpendicular to the process direction, the method comprising:
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