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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 21, 2014
Applicant:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Inventors:

Timothy G. Shelhart, West Henrietta, NY (US);

Aaron M. Moore, Fairport, NY (US);

Samuel P. Sadtler, Rochester, NY (US);

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 9/10 (2006.01); B65H 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 11/00 (2006.01); B65H 31/38 (2006.01); B65H 31/40 (2006.01); F16H 37/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 9/101 (2013.01); B65H 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 11/00 (2013.01); B65H 31/38 (2013.01); B65H 31/40 (2013.01); F16H 37/122 (2013.01); B65H 2403/5331 (2013.01); B65H 2403/5332 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary apparatus herein includes a registration item positioned at the end of a shelf. Further, tamper elements contact the sides of sheets of media on the shelf to align them and push them toward the registration item. In addition, a frame element is connected to each of the tamper elements and a biased member is connected to the frame element. A motor is connected to the biased member. Rotation of the motor moves the tamper elements in a closed curve path motion relative to the shelf and the registration item. With increasing speed of the rotation of the motor, the biased member expands, and this increases the distance of the closed curve path motion and increases the force applied by the tamper elements against the sheets of media being moved toward the registration item along the shelf.


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