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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:
Jan. 12, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2014
Applicant:

Xerox Corporatoin, Norwalk, CT (US);

Inventors:

Barry P. Mandel, Fairport, NY (US);

Marina L. Tharayil, Rochester, NY (US);

Donald E. Johnston, Webster, NY (US);

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 9/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B65H 29/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 9/002 (2013.01); B41J 11/0005 (2013.01); B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B65H 29/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to aspects illustrated herein, a system, a printmaking device, and a method for pre-curling and registering media are provided herein. The system includes a media curler system and a deskew mechanism. The media curler system pre-curls at least one of lead edge and a trail edge of a sheet before delivery to a media hold-down transport. The deskew mechanism is coupled to the media curler system for pivoting the media curler system about a pivot axis to deskew the sheet. The pivot axis extends perpendicular to the media transport path. In operation, as the lead edge enters the pre-curling and registration system, the media curler system pre-curls the sheet towards the media hold-down transport. As the sheet is being pre-curled, the deskew mechanism pivots the media curler system about the pivot axis to correct any skew errors in the sheet.


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