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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2003
John Giannetti, Penfield, NY (US);
Giovanni B. Caiazza, Rochester, NY (US);
Jerome F. Sleve, Henrietta, NY (US);
John Giannetti, Penfield, NY (US);
Giovanni B. Caiazza, Rochester, NY (US);
Jerome F. Sleve, Henrietta, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A means and a method for increasing the efficiency of a vacuum-assisted, fuser entrance guide in an electrophotographic apparatus by blocking and deflecting air currents away the sheet of copy medium as the sheet moves from a vacuum transport towards the entrance guide. A baffle is positioned in the gap between the vacuum transport and the fuser entrance guide that form the travel path for the sheet through the apparatus. The baffle has a deflecting surface that extends substantially across the gap, which diverts the air currents away from the sheet.