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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2009
Erwin Ruiz, Rochester, NY (US);
Cheng-ning Jong, North Chili, NY (US);
Martin Oksenhorn, Fairport, NY (US);
Richard C. Dray, Rochester, NY (US);
Robert Mark Jacobs, Ontario, NY (US);
Erwin Ruiz, Rochester, NY (US);
Cheng-Ning Jong, North Chili, NY (US);
Martin Oksenhorn, Fairport, NY (US);
Richard C. Dray, Rochester, NY (US);
Robert Mark Jacobs, Ontario, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus () and method () that detaches media from a fuser in a printer is disclosed. The method can include feeding () a media sheet through a fuser member and applying () gas from an air knife to the media sheet on the fuser member to detach the media sheet at a detach point from the fuser member. The method can also include asserting () tension on the media sheet using a set of rotational members and continuing to apply gas from the air knife to the media sheet until the set of rotational members asserts tension on the media sheet.