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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2000
Lawrence R. Benedict, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An electrostatographic reproduction machine includes a stalling preventing copy sheet placement assembly for effectively placing copy sheets of varying sheet stiffness at its image transfer station. The stalling preventing copy sheet placement assembly includes a first baffle and a second baffle defining a pre-transfer sheet path for guiding a copy sheet towards placement against the photoreceptor at the transfer station, and a rotatable, low drag sheet placement roller located at an exit end of the pre-transfer sheet path, and electrically biased, for controlling and driving the copy sheet out of the pre-transfer sheet path into placement against the photoreceptor, thereby reducing drag on the copy sheet and preventing sheet stalling of even relatively high stiffness copy sheets at the transfer station.