Gravity-assisted wall registration system

US10589950B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

• Roberto A. Irizarry · Rochester, US
• Carlos M. Terrero · Ontario, US
• Jeffrey N. Swing · Rochester, US
• Michael J. Linder · Walworth, US
• Elizabeth M. Crossen · Churchville, US
• Ron E. Dufort · Rochester, US
• Dara N. Lubin · Pittsford, US
• Daniel M. McHugh · Rochester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 29, 2018
• Grant date: Mar 17, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 29, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2405/1115
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A gravity-assisted registration system suited to use in a printing device includes a transport member with a surface on which an associated sheet is translated in a process direction. The surface defines an angle with respect to horizontal in a cross-process direction. A registration wall, adjacent a lower end of the surface, defines a registration edge for registering the sheet. A drive mechanism drives at least one rotation mechanism, for translating sheet in the process direction, each rotation mechanism including at least one drive member with an axis of rotation parallel to the surface in the cross-process direction, Each drive member includes a sliding mechanism, at a periphery of the drive member, enabling the sheet to slide, under gravity, on the surface, toward the registration wall into an alignment position, in contact with the registration wall.