Alignment/registration and conveyance apparatus

Details Alignment/registration and conveyance apparatus Alignment/registration and conveyance apparatus

2008-09-30

2011-10-18

Karmis, Stefanos (Department: 3653)

Sheet feeding or delivering

Feeding

With means to align sheet

C271S250000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08038149

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for registering sheet material while being conveyed along a feed path including: (i) a conveyance deck for conveying sheet material along a support surface, (ii) a registration member defining an abutment surface operative to align an edge of the sheet material as the sheet material is conveyed along the support surface of the conveyance deck, and (iii) a drive mechanism disposed adjacent to the registration member and along the conveyance deck. The drive mechanism includes a flexible belt disposed about and supported by at least two rolling elements, and a means for driving the flexible belt about the rolling elements. The flexible belt includes a twisted section defining a plurality of spiral edge segments operative to (i) frictionally engage a surface of the sheet material to urge the sheet material against the abutment surface and (ii) convey the sheet material along the conveyance deck.

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