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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2009
Matthew Ryan Mclaughlin, Rochester, NY (US);
Matthew Ryan McLaughlin, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A continuous web inversion system for use in a continuous web imaging device includes a first turn bar positioned to receive a substantially continuous web moving in a first direction with a first surface facing in a printing direction and to flip the web and direct it in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A second turn bar is positioned to receive the continuous web from the first turn bar to flip the web and direct it in a third direction opposite the first direction. A third turn bar is positioned to receive the continuous web from the second turn bar to flip the web and direct it in the first direction with a second surface of the web facing in the printing direction. The second and the third turn bars are coupled together and supported for translation along an axis perpendicular to the first direction. A sensor is configured to generate a signal indicative of a lateral position of the continuous web exiting the third turn bar. A driver is operably coupled to at least one of the second and the third turn bars to adjust a position of the third turn bar along the axis based on the signal.