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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2003
Jeffrey C. Madsen, Eagle, ID (US);
Robert Jewell, Meridian, ID (US);
Craig Hopper, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for flipping a media sheet. The novel system () includes a first mechanism () for receiving and holding a media sheet () and a second mechanism () for rotating the first mechanism () about an axis parallel to a transverse axis of the media sheet (). In an illustrative embodiment, the first mechanism () is comprised of a predetermined number of slots (), each slot () adapted to receive and hold a media sheet (). Inversion of a media sheet () is accomplished by inputting a sheet () with a leading edge and a trailing edge into a slot at an input position (), rotating the first mechanism () until the slot is at an output position (), and outputting the sheet () with the former trailing edge now leading.