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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2004
Applicants:
David L. Knierim, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Mark H. Cowan, Sherwood, OR (US);
Inventors:
David L. Knierim, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Mark H. Cowan, Sherwood, OR (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Detecting a multi-pick in a nip of a media feed mechanism, includes determining a limit of a property of a media feed mechanism that is related to the kinetic properties of one or more rollers that form a nip; monitoring the property of the media feed mechanism; determining a maximum value of the of the monitored property; comparing the maximum value to the limit; and determining, if the maximum value exceeds the operational limit, that a multi-pick has occurred.