Xerox Corporation

Joseph A Yarbrough

Robert G Pirwitz

Donald L Pease

David O Kingsland

Timothy J Leo

A stripper finger mechanism is provided for separating record sheets from the surface of a roll member. In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of flexible stripper fingers are arranged so that the finger ends are angled against a fuser roller surface to effect initial separation of a fused copy sheet. The fingers have generally centrally located raised edges to provide a gradually sloping rigid support which lifts the fused copy sheet following initial separation.

Stripper finger mechanism for effecting removal of a record medium from

A compact xerographic copying or printing machine with fuser and xerographic sections placed close together, an air manifold separating the fuser and xerographic sections having plural air passages through which cooling air flows and forming one leg of a U-shaped thermal air curtain, an air baffle between the manifold and fuser sections and cooperating with the outside of the manifold to form the second leg of the air curtain so that air leaving the manifold undergoes a 180.degree. turn and passes through the second leg to a filter and the inlet of an exhaust fan.

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Joseph A Yarbrough