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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John V. Korhonen, Rickmansworth, GB;
Peter A. Mayfield, Hemel Hempstead, GB;
Colin Partridge, Baldock, GB;
Simon Muggleworth, Biggleswade, GB;
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/02 ;
Abstract
A vacuum transport for a printer or copier guides a sheet through a machine, such as from a photoreceptor toward a fuser. The vacuum transport includes a partially enclosed vacuum chamber having rollers rotatably mounted therein. Portions of the rollers protrude through openings in the top of the chamber. A series of ribs are disposed between the openings. Some of the ribs extend diagonally toward one end of the width of the paper path over the transport.