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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2000
Aron Shmaiser, Rishon-Lezion, IL;
Yaron Zarfaty, Nes-Ziona, IL;
Aron Shmaiser, Rishon-Lezion, IL;
Yaron Zarfaty, Nes-Ziona, IL;
Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V., Maastricht, NL;
Abstract
A sheet transport system () comprising at least one sheet transporter () that receives and hands off a sheet being transported by the system so as to transport the sheet from a first position to a second position, wherein the at least one transporter () comprises at least one orifice () through which air is aspirated to create a vacuum that grips a sheet when it is received by the transporter (); a vacuum system coupled to the at least one orifice () controllable to aspirate air through the at least one orifice () to grip the sheet; at least one vacuum sensor () that generates signals responsive to magnitude of vacuum of the at least one orifice (); and a controller () that receives the signals generated by the at least one vacuum sensor () and provides a signal indicative of a location of the sheet in the transport system () from the signals.