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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
May. 13, 2005
Applicant:
Nathaniel D. Ginzton, Portland, OR (US);
Inventor:
Nathaniel D. Ginzton, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A media separator, that cooperates with a media pick to form a nip in a feed path of a media handling apparatus, supports a separation pad that includes first and second friction regions for movement relative to the media separator, against a bias force, in a feed direction of a sheet of media through the nip. The first and second friction regions selectively engage the sheet of media passing through the nip with a retard/separation force determined by the bias force, to retard and control a feeding operation of the sheet of media through the nip, and to feed plural sheets of media through the nip one at a time.