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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventor:
William H. Wayman, Ontario, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/04 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/0052 (2013.01); G03G 21/20 (2013.01); G03G 21/00 (2013.01); G03G 15/04 (2013.01); G03G 15/0898 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for eliminating transfer streaks in a printing system is provided and comprises a hollow transfer backer bar including sealed ends. The transfer backer bar further includes a plurality of holes with the holes spaced along the photoreceptor supporting surface of the transfer backer bar. Air pressure can be applied within a hollow transfer backer bar thereby creating an air flow outward through the holes. The air flow contacts the underside of a photoreceptor and floats the photoreceptor on a thin cushion of air flow during transfer of an image to paper.