Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gravity-assisted wall registration system
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Application No.: US15939907Application Date: 2018-03-29
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Publication No.: US10589950B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Roberto A. Irizarry , Carlos M. Terrero , Jeffrey N. Swing , Michael J. Linder , Elizabeth M. Crossen , Ron E. Dufort , Dara N. Lubin , Daniel M. McHugh
- Applicant: Xerox Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Norwalk
- Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Norwalk
- Agency: Fay Sharpe LLP
- Main IPC: B65H9/16
- IPC: B65H9/16 ; B65H5/06 ; B65H9/20

Abstract:
A gravity-assisted registration system suited to use in a printing device includes a transport member with a surface on which an associated sheet is translated in a process direction. The surface defines an angle with respect to horizontal in a cross-process direction. A registration wall, adjacent a lower end of the surface, defines a registration edge for registering the sheet. A drive mechanism drives at least one rotation mechanism, for translating sheet in the process direction, each rotation mechanism including at least one drive member with an axis of rotation parallel to the surface in the cross-process direction, Each drive member includes a sliding mechanism, at a periphery of the drive member, enabling the sheet to slide, under gravity, on the surface, toward the registration wall into an alignment position, in contact with the registration wall.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190300314A1 GRAVITY-ASSISTED WALL REGISTRATION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2019-10-03
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