Intermittent stripper fingers and baffle for stripping copy media from a heated fuser roll

US6782228B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

• Kenneth R. Rasch · Walworth, US
• Paul M. Fromm · Rochester, US
• Stephen D. Cipolla · Penfield, US
• Erwin Ruiz · Rochester, US
• Gregory P. Miller · Rochester, US
• David R. Kamprath · Webster, US
• Richard C. Benton · Ontario, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 2003
• Grant date: Aug 24, 2004
• Expiry date: Jan 30, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H29/56
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Media removal apparatus having a stripper finger structure for separating the lead edge of an imaging media such as plain paper from a heated fuser roll and a stripper baffle for separating the portion of the imaging media beyond the lead edge of the imaging media from the heated fuser roll. The stripper finger structure is supported for movement between a home or standby position and an active position, with the finger tips in constant contact with the heated fuser roll, for effecting separation of the media's lead edge from the heated fuser roll. Likewise, the stripper baffle structure is supported for movement between home or standby positions to its active position where it effects separation of a portion of the imaging media beyond its lead edge.