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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2000
Robert G. Pirwitz, Pittsford, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A sheet stripping method and apparatus are provided for stripping a sheet coming out of a process nip, from a surface of a moving roller forming part of the process nip. The sheet stripping method employing the apparatus includes the steps of (i) first contacting with a central portion of a stripping device, a central section of a lead edge of the sheet coming out of the process nip; and (ii) next contacting with a first edge portion and a second edge portion of the stripping device, a first edge section and a second and opposite edge section of the lead edge of the sheet coming out of the process nip, thereby preventing damage to the sheet taking advantage of a difference between self-stripping tendencies of the central and edge sections of the lead edge of a sheet coming out of a process nip.