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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2014
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
James A. Katerberg, Kettering, OH (US);
Michael J. Piatt, Dayton, OH (US);
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A print media moving apparatus includes a transport member positioned immediately upstream relative to a roller. The transport member has an operative surface with an arcuate profile, forming an air gap between the operative surface and the print media. An air clamp controls air flow in the air gap. The transport member includes three sections with the second section located between the first and third sections. The roller, having a diameter and rotational axis, includes three sections with the second section located between the first and third section and corresponding to the sections of the transport member. The diameter of the roller in the first and third sections is greater than in the second section. The transport member causes the print media, after leaving the transport member, to contact the first and third sections of the roller prior to contacting the second section of the roller.