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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lawrence R Benedict, Rushville, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271226 ; 271276 ; 271197 ; 27126502 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for advancing a sheet. The apparatus includes a transport which has the sheet releasably secured thereto in one mode of operation, and, in another mode of operation reduces the frictional force between the sheet and the transport to facilitate relative movement therebetween. A controller, in communication with the transport, selects the mode of operation of the transport.