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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2005
Niko Jay Murrell, Lexington, KY (US);
Edward Lynn Triplett, Lexington, KY (US);
David Erwin Rennick, Georgetown, KY (US);
Niko Jay Murrell, Lexington, KY (US);
Edward Lynn Triplett, Lexington, KY (US);
David Erwin Rennick, Georgetown, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods for directing a media sheet along a media path within an image forming apparatus. The media path includes rollers that form a media nip, one or more deflectors, and a transport belt. The media nip conveys the media sheet along the media path into one or more deflectors. The one or more deflectors are positioned between the nip and the transport belt. The one or more deflectors control the angle of the media sheet as it approaches the transport belt and facilitates attachment of the media sheet to the transport belt. The transport belt then moves the media sheet past one or more image forming units and receives a toner image.