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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2009
William A. Burton, Fairport, NY (US);
Anthony S. Condello, Webster, NY (US);
Augusto E. Barton, Webster, NY (US);
Stephen Bradley Williams, Marion, NY (US);
Paul Michael Fromm, Rochester, NY (US);
Lawrence Arnold Clark, Webster, NY (US);
William A. Burton, Fairport, NY (US);
Anthony S. Condello, Webster, NY (US);
Augusto E. Barton, Webster, NY (US);
Stephen Bradley Williams, Marion, NY (US);
Paul Michael Fromm, Rochester, NY (US);
Lawrence Arnold Clark, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses useful for printing and methods for stripping media from surfaces in apparatuses useful for printing are disclosed. An apparatus useful for printing including a first member including a first outer surface; a second member including a second outer surface; a belt including an inner surface and an outer surface; a first nip formed by contact between the inner surface of the belt and the second outer surface and contact between the outer surface of the belt and the first outer surface; and a stripping mechanism including a stripping member disposed internal to the belt. The stripping member is positionable relative to the first nip to vary a pressure applied by the outer surface of the belt against the first outer surface downstream from the first nip. The media are stripped from the outer surface of the belt after exiting from the first nip.