Roller with recessed kicker feature

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2004-09-24

2008-07-22

Mackey, Patrick (Department: 3653)

Sheet feeding or delivering

Feeding

By means to convey sheet

C271S109000, C492S030000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07401780

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for moving media through an image forming device using a roller having a recessed kick area is described herein. The roller includes a contact surface having a first radius that extends 360° around the roller. The roller also includes at least one recess that extends inwardly from the contact surface along a sector of the roller, where a bottom surface of the recess has a second radius less than the first radius. As a result, along the sector of the roller having the recess, the width of the contact surface is less than the width of the roller. The recess comprises at least one kick surface on one end of the recess. As the roller rotates, the kick surface kicks a trailing edge of media exiting the exit roller system into a desired bin of the image forming device.

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