Patent · US Expired

Variable length transfer assist blade

US6687480B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by

5References

3Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

Brendan P. Obrien · Webster, US
Andrew J. Bonacci · Webster, US
Mark A. Atwood · Rush, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 7, 2002
Grant date	Feb 3, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 7, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G15/165
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A contact blade, formed of a plurality of blade segments, is mounted parallel to and spaced from an imaging surface. A plurality of blade lifters, one blade lifter for each of the blade segments, are individually movable from an inoperative position immediately adjacent to the blade segments to an operative position. When in the operative position the engage lifters engage the blade segments and deflect the blade segments. This causes tips of the blade segments to contact a print sheet contacting the imaging surface and press the print sheet against the imaging surface. A lifter activating device moves a current select number of adjacent blade lifters into the operative position.

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