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Vacuum within a pallet conveyor for a printing system

US10450159B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 21, 2017
Grant dateOct 22, 2019
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2801/21
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In one example, a pallet conveyor for a printing system is described, having a track, a pallet to support a print substrate and move on the track, and a vacuum mechanism to selectively apply a vacuum at the pallet. A boundary of the vacuum applied at the pallet is synchronized with an edge of the print substrate.

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