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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Inventors:
Chad Michael Piening, Lexington, KY (US);
Louann Behymer Samuels, Georgetown, KY (US);
Curtis Duane Woodson, Georgetown, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/52 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/0684 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of using a separator roll positioner and separator roll rotational speed to correct media feed errors by angularly rotating a separator roll between a retracted position and an extended position to adjust the height of the separator roll with respect to a media contact surface or by varying separator roll rotational speed thereby varying the media sheet separation force.