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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2005
Kenneth Paul Moore, Rochester, NY (US);
Brian Roy Ford, Walworth, NY (US);
Timothy Gordon Shelhart, West Henrietta, NY (US);
Kenneth Paul Moore, Rochester, NY (US);
Brian Roy Ford, Walworth, NY (US);
Timothy Gordon Shelhart, West Henrietta, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus that is useful for acquiring and conveying a sheet includes a plenum having an opening for coupling a vacuum source to the plenum, a slide plate having a stop member positioned proximate a drop box opening in the slide plate, and a drop box adapted to slide within the drop box opening until a portion of the drop box engages the stop member so that the drop box is slidably installed in the slide plate. The apparatus may be used in an electrostatographic printing machine to improve top sheet acquisition.