Xerox Corporation

Michael L Povio

Michael Nicholas Soures

Steven J Fiore

Jennifer A Kciuk

Erwin Ruiz

Gregory P Mahoney

Rachel Lynn Tanchak

David R Kamprath

Arthur Harold Kahn

Shawn R Rowan

Diego A Pereda

Richard C Dray

An apparatus for stripping light weight and ultra-light weight media from a photoreceptor that is tacked thereto by electrostatic or vacuum force includes a set of low-tip stripper fingers configured to strip the light weight and ultra-light weight media from the photoreceptor. The low-tip stripper fingers are adjustable both in the cross process and in attack angle with respect to the photoreceptor in order to change the height at which the tip of each stripper finger is in relation to the photoreceptor and thereby prevent jams due to miss-strips. Additionally, dual stripper fingers are disclosed that support inboard and outboard edges of larger media in order to reduce dog ears and jams.

Photoreceptor stripper fingers with an improved profile for ultra-light weight media

A belt photoreceptor in a xerographic printer is entrained on a roller formed from a set of discs. Each disc defines an outer circumference and a flexible main portion. The outer circumferences of a set of discs effectively form a single outer surface of the roller. The discs are flexible and can move against each other, to allow stabilization of the photoreceptor belt, but are in sufficient contact with one another to enable heat to be distributed evenly across the roller.

Roller for supporting an imaging belt in a printing apparatus

An apparatus and method for extending the lifetime of belts, especially photoreceptor belts inside of a printing device, which includes detensioning the belt during periods where the belt is not in use, such as where a printing device is in an idle state.

Method for extending the lifetime of an endless belt

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Webster, NY, United States of America

Michael L Povio