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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Christopher M. Muir, Rochester, NY (US);
David James Cornell, Scottsville, NY (US);
James Alan Katerberg, Kettering, OH (US);
Christopher M. Muir, Rochester, NY (US);
David James Cornell, Scottsville, NY (US);
James Alan Katerberg, Kettering, OH (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A media diverter system for directing a media sheet traveling along an input media path into either a first media path or a second media path. One or more roller assemblies are provided including a media-guiding roller having one or more grooves formed around the exterior surface, and an air source for selectively providing an air flow into one or more of the grooves, the air flow being directed between the media sheet and the exterior surface of the media-guiding roller thereby producing a Bernoulli force to draw the media sheet toward the media-guiding roller. A controller selectively activates the air source in at least one of the roller assemblies while the corresponding media-guiding roller rotates around its roller axis to draw the media sheet toward the exterior surface of the media-guiding roller, thereby directing the media sheet into either the first media path or a second media path.