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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2018
Applicant:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Inventors:

Richard Campbell, Rochester, NY (US);

Linn C. Hoover, Webster, NY (US);

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/057 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B65H 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/057 (2013.01); B41J 11/0085 (2013.01); B65H 5/224 (2013.01); B65H 2406/32 (2013.01); B65H 2406/366 (2013.01);
Abstract

A roller for a transport belt of a vacuum transport assembly includes an elongate cylindrical body adapted for a rotatably fixed connection to a vacuum transport assembly. An outer surface of the roller defines a hollow inner channel, which extends along an axial region of the body. The outer surface is a running surface for a transport belt. An inlet at one end of the hollow inner channel receives air from an air source. Perforations are formed in the outer surface for allowing air pressure to be discharged from the hollow inner channel toward the transport belt. The air diffuses through the transport belt to detack a sheet from the transport belt.


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