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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2010
Adam D Ledgerwood, Geneva, NY (US);
Carlos M Terrero, Ontario, NY (US);
Donald R Fess, Rochester, NY (US);
Joseph Marasco, Fairport, NY (US);
Adam D Ledgerwood, Geneva, NY (US);
Carlos M Terrero, Ontario, NY (US);
Donald R Fess, Rochester, NY (US);
Joseph Marasco, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A multi-position letterbox media diverter that maximizes productivity includes a gate configured like a tomahawk to allow sufficient space for the diverter to operate immediately after the trail edge of a sheet passes the front edge of the gate and thereby increase gate actuation time. Reversible drives of an inverter are used to direct the sheet to a duplex path while another sheet is simultaneously directed by a lower integrated baffle portion of the gate to an output tray as needed. Thus, reducing the time required for the sheet to be in the inverter path before reversing sheet direction, thereby facilitating a reduction in required transport speed.