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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dwight G Westover, Sierra Madre, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bell & Howell Company, Skokie, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271272 ; 271161 ; 271245 ; 271274 ; 198836 ;
Abstract
Sheet transporting apparatus and methods provide an elongate guide for the sheet in contact with the drive belt. The guide is bowed along an arc extending into the transport path in parallel to the direction of sheet transport. The drive belt is bowed by that guide and is driven along the path for moving the sheet along the bowed guide. The sheet guide may also be tilted on an axis extending in the direction of sheet transport. Preferably, the sheet guide is tilted by different angular amounts at different points along the transportation path to provide a skew adjustment for the traveling sheet.