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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey Allen Ardery, See, KY (US);
Michael Kurt Gordon, Lexington, KY (US);
David Emerson Greer, Lexington, KY (US);
Stacey Vaughan Mitchell, Lexington, KY (US);
Daniel Joseph Westhoff, Georgetown, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42C 1/12 ; B65H 3/134 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B42C 1/12 ; B65H 3/134 ;
Abstract
Sheets ( ) exit printer ( ) into finisher ( ) where they are moved against perpendicular reference walls ( ) by frictional fingers ( ). The fingers are rotated away while a sheet is moved downward. Since the fingers are near their reference surface, buckling of the sheets normally does not occur, so the sheet stays in place. In an embodiment, the fingers move with a resilient force selected to be low enough so that the fingers stop when the sheet contacts the reference wall.