Variable cross-section vacuum grooves in an external drum imaging system
US6450496B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 26, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/0873
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for holding recording media against a media support surface of an imaging system using an arrangement of variable cross-section vacuum grooves. Each vacuum groove has a continuously decreasing cross-section along its length. Each vacuum groove has a maximum cross-section adjacent a vacuum port and a minimum cross-section at a distal end of the vacuum groove.
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