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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2002
Daniel L. Carter, Georgetown, KY (US);
Joseph S. Vetromile, Rochester, NY (US);
David M. Attridge, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A substrate inverter, comprising: an inversion channel having an input path having an input nip and output path having an output nip; input drive means for driving a substrate into the inversion channel means in an initial incoming direction so that a leading edge and trailing edge of the substrate pass by the input nip until the trailing edge of substrate reaches a first position in the inversion channel; output drive means for driving the substrate out of the inversion channel in an output direction generally opposite the initial incoming direction; the output drive means includes a nip for engaging the leading edge of the substrate when the substrate is in the first position; a Controller, responsive to the output drive means, for adjusting speed of the output drive means so that substrate is driven a first speed until the trailing edge of substrate reaches a second position in the inversion channel, and second speed when the trailing edge passes the second position or stop.