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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2013
Oce-technologies B.v., Venlo, NL;
Ernest J. J. Clevers, Broekhuizenvorst, NL;
OCE-Technologies B.V., Venlo, NL;
Abstract
A printing system includes a marking engine for applying a marking substance onto a sheet and a sheet conveying device. The sheet conveying device includes a belt arranged to carry sheets from an upstream end to a downstream end of a transport path, the belt having an array of perforations; an array of suction nozzles arranged below the belt for sucking-in ambient air through the perforations of the belt; and at least one blow nozzle arranged at the downstream end of the transport path for blowing out a gas through the perforations of the belt. The conveying device further includes an array of anti-friction blow nozzles interleaved with the array of suction nozzles and connected to a blower for blowing-out a gas towards the bottom surface of the belt during the traverse of the sheet along the marking engine.