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Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009

Filed:

Mar. 08, 2007
Applicants:

Henry T. Bober, Fairport, NY (US);

Chetan S. Keny, Webster, NY (US);

Peter J. Knausdorf, Henrietta, NY (US);

Inventors:

Henry T. Bober, Fairport, NY (US);

Chetan S. Keny, Webster, NY (US);

Peter J. Knausdorf, Henrietta, NY (US);

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

This is a compiler tray with a Velcro® surfaced back guide enabled to be used with Birds Beak Edge Curl Suppressors to minimize up curl and down curl of sheets fed into the tray and improve Stapled Set Registration. The Velcro® is either fixed to the back guide or adjustably positioned on the back guide. The Velcro® is placed on the back guide in such a manner that the ribs and grooves of the Velcro® are at an angle significantly not parallel to the plane of the lead edge of paper sheets fed into the compiling tray.


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