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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2019
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Erwin Ruiz, Rochester, NY (US);
Bruce A. Thompson, Fairport, NY (US);
Derek A. Bryl, Webster, NY (US);
Arthur H. Kahn, Wayland, NY (US);
Paul F. Brown, II, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 43/08 (2006.01); B65H 29/40 (2006.01); B65H 29/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 43/08 (2013.01); B65H 29/22 (2013.01); B65H 29/40 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4212 (2013.01); B65H 2301/44765 (2013.01); B65H 2404/6112 (2013.01); B65H 2404/63 (2013.01); B65H 2404/652 (2013.01); B65H 2553/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet stacking apparatus includes a frame, a round member directly or indirectly connected to the frame, and an arm directly or indirectly connected to the frame. The arm is rotatable to rotate between a first position and a second position. The arm is positioned to bias sheets toward the round member when in the first position, and the arm is positioned to bias the sheets away from the round member when in the second position.