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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
May. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Neil Flynn, Bedfordshire, GB;
John Saunders, Hertfordshire, GB;
Allan McIver, Hertfordshire, GB;
Craig Edwards, Hertfordshire, GB;
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); B65H 37/00 (2006.01); B65H 1/28 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 37/00 (2013.01); B65H 1/28 (2013.01); G03G 15/6511 (2013.01); G03G 15/6558 (2013.01); G03G 21/00 (2013.01); G03G 21/0005 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00679 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00708 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for removing excess paper dust from paper fed from a high capacity feeder module that includes blades positioned after an exit of the high capacity feeder module that are configured to physically remove paper dust from sheets generated during feeding of the sheets by a fully active retard feeder from the high capacity feeder module.