System and method for increased sheet timing operation window for registration
US6570354B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 27, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 3, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00721
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method for moving a receiver into a registered relationship with a moving image-bearing member in a registration mechanism. The apparatus and method account for receivers that arrive at the registration mechanism outside a normal operating time window. When a receiver arrives too late, the receiver is accelerated to a speed greater than that of the moving image-bearing member for a period of time sufficient to account for the arrival delay. The receiver is then decelerated to a speed substantially equal to that of the image-bearing member. When a receiver arrives too early, the receiver is brought to a stop for a period of time sufficient to account for the early arrival. The receiver is then accelerated to the image-bearing member speed.
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