Modular media registration systems and methods for printing or image-forming apparatus
US7415221B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 6, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 6, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00561
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Embodiments herein comprise registrations module(s) positioned between image output terminal(s), feeder module(s), and/or finisher module(s). Each registration module comprises a casing having first mounting points that correspond to second mounting points on an adjacent module. The first mounting points and the second mounting points allow the registration module to be repeatedly connected to and disconnected from an adjacent module. Each registration module also includes sensors within the casing, a controller operatively connected to the sensors, and sheet feeders. The sensors determine alignment characteristics of media passing through the module and the controller is adapted to correct the alignment characteristics of the media through unequal rotation of the sheet feeders, if the alignment characteristics deviate from a predetermined standard.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.