Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturi – Bending – Folding
Patent
1991-04-01
1992-06-23
Terrell, William E.
Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturi
Bending
Folding
493411, B65H 45101, B65H 45107
Patent
active
051238934
ABSTRACT:
A passive paper stacker for a printer is disclosed which is able to stack a series of pages of a Z-fold paper web, each page having a length L and a width W. The stacker includes a tray that extends from a surface of the printer. The paper web, as it exits from the printer intersects that surface. A ramp is provided to receive the paper web and has both proximal and distal ends, the proximal end receiving the paper web as it exits from the printer and the distal end positioned closer to the tray than the proximal end and at a distance from the printer surface that is at least equal to L/2. First and second sets of chains define a paper web fall path from the distal end of the ramp to the base. The first set of chains are positioned between the distal end of the ramp and the printer surface and the second set of chains are positioned so as to place the distal end of the ramp between the second set of chains and the printer surface. A basket is positioned on the tray and receives the paper web. The basket and chains prevent the web from contacting the printer surface and obtaining a static charge.
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Hewlett--Packard Company
Terrell William E.
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