Sheet control baffle for use in an electrophotographic printing

Details Sheet control baffle for use in an electrophotographic printing Sheet control baffle for use in an electrophotographic printing

1994-06-29

1996-07-09

Skaggs, H. Grant

Sheet feeding or delivering

Feeding

By means to change direction of sheet travel

271184, 271204, 271277, B65H 500

Patent

active

055337201

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for advancing a sheet in a predetermined path is described. The apparatus includes a gripper for releasably grasping a lead edge of the sheet and a baffle for feeding the sheet into the gripper. The baffle includes a sheet directing member having a first facet and a second facet, with the second facet of the sheet directing member extending from the first facet and being angled towards the predetermined path of the sheet for deflecting the lead edge of the sheet being advanced into the gripper. One, two or more such two faceted sheet directing members may be coupled with one or more three faceted sheet directing members for further enhancing the sheet deflecting capabilities of the baffle. The baffle may be movable relative to the sheet path, and include a control member for moving the baffle between a first position engaging the lead edge of the sheet in the first position and second position in which the baffle is displaced from the path of the sheet.

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Xerox 5775 Digital Color Copier Principles of Operation Manual, Sep. 1992, pp. 8-25 to 8-72.

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