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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Gerardo Leute, Penfield, NY (US);
John W. D. Cooper, Hertfordshire, GB;
Ian Brailsford, Hertfordshire, GB;
Stan Alan Spencer, Rochester, NY (US);
Roger D. Masham, Hertfordshire, GB;
Derek J. Milton, Hertfordshire, GB;
Robert G. Hall, Hertfordshire, GB;
Roderick A. Cooley, Hertfordshire, GB;
John M. Wysocky, Rochester, NY (US);
Charles H. Tabb, Rochester, NY (US);
Jorge A. Alvarez, Webster, NY (US);
Alexander C. Bisland, Hertfordshire, GB;
Peter A. Mayfield, Hertfordshire, GB;
Clifford W. Imes, IV, Rochester, NY (US);
Peter J. M. Bloemen, Cuijk, NL;
Michael B. Thomson, Hertfordshire, GB;
Krzysztof J. Less, London, GB;
David G. Anderson, Ontario, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a guide member for directing sheets toward a transfer zone. The guide member defines a set of ribs which hold the sheets above the main surface of the guide member. Thus, any stray marking material which lands on the guide member is relatively unlikely to contact a sheet moving over the guide member.