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Paper input guide for a transfer zone in a xerographic printing apparatus

US6687479B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 31, 2002
Grant dateFeb 3, 2004
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/1609
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A printing apparatus includes a guide member for directing sheets toward a transfer zone. The guide member defines a set of ribs which hold the sheets above the main surface of the guide member. Thus, any stray marking material which lands on the guide member is relatively unlikely to contact a sheet moving over the guide member.

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