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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2002
Sergio Escobedo, San Diego, CA (US);
Scott Matthew Dennis, San Diego, CA (US);
Phogenix Imaging, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a buffer disposed to receive cut sheets from a first workstation operating at a first slower speed, deskew the sheets and deliver them to a second workstation operating at a second faster speed. The buffer has a guide defining a path of travel extending from a drive roller at a buffer inlet to a deskewing roller adjacent a buffer exit. The guide includes a trap that opens to accommodate a service loop formed of the cut sheet that is longer than the path of travel. The drive roller is driven at the first slower speed to move cut sheets into the buffer and up to the deskewing rollers and the deskewing roller is selectively driven at the second faster speed to deliver cut sheets to the second workstation. The deskewing roll is located at an elevation above the drive roller and this orientation together with the opening of the trap provides for a vertical separation between the trailing edge of a first cut sheet and the leading edge of a second cut sheet to insure there is non contact spacing between the sheets moving through the buffer.