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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2005
Joseph H. Lang, Webster, NY (US);
Gregory Sosinski, Fairport, NY (US);
Geoffrey C. Williams, Penfield, NY (US);
William K. Fancher, Fairport, NY (US);
Joseph H. Lang, Webster, NY (US);
Gregory Sosinski, Fairport, NY (US);
Geoffrey C. Williams, Penfield, NY (US);
William K. Fancher, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A merging module connects two printing systems at approximately 90 degrees to one another. The merging module includes a sheet rotator in a plane that is common to the paper paths of both print engines and a buffer. It also includes two bypass paths (one above and one below the rotator) to route the two paper paths around the rotator and enable both print engines to deliver their output to the appropriate finishing device as well as to the buffer.