Electrophotography – Document handling – Copy
Patent
1999-09-10
2000-08-29
Grainger, Quana M.
Electrophotography
Document handling
Copy
G03G 2100, B31B 136
Patent
active
061120480
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for straightening material includes a first guide surface and a second guide surface spaced from the first guide surface. As the material is passed along the first guide surface and along the second guide surface, the first guide surface induces a first curl in the material and the second guide surface induces a second curl in the material. The amount of the first curl may be in proportion to the rigidity of the material to be straightened, and the direction of the first curl may be opposite to that of the second curl.
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Brady John A.
Grainger Quana M.
Lexmark International Inc.
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