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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1992
Suzzette R Solano, Victor, NY (US);
Christian O Abreu, Rochester, NY (US);
Patrick T Ferrari, Walworth, NY (US);
John J Bigenwald, Penfield, NY (US);
Robert P Rebres, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Theodore J Kellogg, Rochester, NY (US);
Thomas R Alexander, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A system for decurling a sheet which is being advanced in a predetermined path within a printing machine includes a mechanism for generating a flow of room ambient air. The decurling system further includes a mechanism for directing the flow of room ambient air onto the sheet. Moreover, the decurling system includes a decurler adapted to apply mechanical force to the sheet after the flow of room ambient air has been directed onto the sheet by the directing mechanism. Finally, a mechanism is included for rotating the sheet to advance the sheet to the decurler in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of the predetermined path.