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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2010
Ian a Parks, Hertfordshire, GB;
Neil Flynn, Bedfordshire, GB;
Samuel Hagos, London, GB;
Christopher Pearce, Hertfordshire, GB;
Stephen P Wood, Bedfordshire, GB;
Richard G Hubbard, Bedfordshire, GB;
Allan D Mciver, Hertfordshire, GB;
Justin Chase, Sandy, GB;
Ian A Parks, Hertfordshire, GB;
Neil Flynn, Bedfordshire, GB;
Samuel Hagos, London, GB;
Christopher Pearce, Hertfordshire, GB;
Stephen P Wood, Bedfordshire, GB;
Richard G Hubbard, Bedfordshire, GB;
Allan D Mciver, Hertfordshire, GB;
Justin Chase, Sandy, GB;
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for providing increased performance in fully active retard feeders includes driving a feed roll and retard roll pair of a reprographic apparatus backwards periodically at the start of the machine or during idle periods to compensate for contamination buildup and/or roll 'set' when left in position overnight.