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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2001
C. Troy Jensen, Caldwell, ID (US);
David M. Payne, Star, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A post-processing apparatus is configured to substantially support media sheets along their edges by causing the media sheets to substantially bend along their transversely extending axes. Conventional types of media sheets are typically unable to be supported at their edges because they often tend to bend along axially extending axes. According to a sheet handling method, a transversely extending bend is created in the media sheets. In this respect, the media sheets may be supported along their edges without substantially bending along their axially extending axes. In addition, by substantially removing the transversely extending bend in the media sheets, the media sheets are caused to drop substantially straight between a pair of support members. Thus, it is unnecessary to move the support members apart from one another to cause the media sheets to drop between the support members.