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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2006
Douglas K. Herrmann, Webster, NY (US);
Richard P. Ficarra, Macedon, NY (US);
Tina M. Burns, Rochester, NY (US);
Bruce D. Caryl, Fairport, NY (US);
Robert F. Rubscha, Fairport, NY (US);
Douglas K. Herrmann, Webster, NY (US);
Richard P. Ficarra, Macedon, NY (US);
Tina M. Burns, Rochester, NY (US);
Bruce D. Caryl, Fairport, NY (US);
Robert F. Rubscha, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A system and method of stacking printed sheets with sheet curl stacking problems in an automatically variable configuration stacking system having a spaced array of repositionable initial sheet supporting surfaces providing a generally planar initial stack supporting configuration on which a limited amount of sheets initially stack, and then, in response to stacking additional sheets in said system, the stacking system automatically changes to a different, arcuate, stack supporting configuration by automatically lowering at least some of the spaced array of initial sheet supporting surfaces to arcuately bend the curled sheets in an arcuate direction transverse the sheet curl direction on a fixed stacking surface that is arcuate transversely of the sheet curl direction.