Wet-print cut-sheet media handling system

Details Wet-print cut-sheet media handling system Wet-print cut-sheet media handling system

1998-08-27

2000-03-28

Bollinger, David H.

Sheet feeding or delivering

Delivering

With transfer means between conveyor and receiver

271192, 271312, B65H 2970

Patent

active

060421061

ABSTRACT:
A sheet media handling system is provided for use in supporting a sheet ejected from a wet-ink hard copy apparatus output port while ink on a preceding sheet ink an output tray is allowed time to dry before depositing the succeeding on top thereof. The system employs a pair of guides having an elongate channel therebetween which receives a predetermined side edge of an ejected sheet. The channel bends the sheet in order to stiffen the sheet along its longitudinal axis such that only one edge need be supported. Once a trailing edge of an advancing sheet is ejected from the output port, a lower guide is retracted whereby the sheet falls under the force of gravity onto the output media stack in the output tray. Several advantageous lower guide upper surface constructs are disclosed. The advantages of the use of a guide mechanism on each side of the advancing output sheets is discussed.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4794859 (1989-01-01), Huseby et al.
patent: 5091754 (1992-02-01), Abe et al.
patent: 5603493 (1997-02-01), Kelly

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