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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jan Hirst, Royston, GB;
John R Strutt, Shefford, GB;
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271256 ; 271162 ; 271263 ;
Abstract
A sheet transport includes one or more drive nips and a mechanism for automatically disengaging the nips in response to a predetermined condition such as the sensing of a jammed or stalled sheet, the movement of a sheet delivery tray between a sheet feeding position and a retracted position or the opening of an access door to the sheet transport. In a preferred form, one element of each drive nip is moved from the other element on a pivoted mounting.