Modular printing system having a module with a bypass path

US8200140B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

• Jacqueline Y. Tyson · Rochester, US
• Andrew J. Bonacci · Webster, US
• Michael J. Diehl · Rochester, US
• Colleen R. Enzien · Penfield, US
• Thomas Edward Higgins · Fairport, US
• David R. Kretschmann · Webster, US
• Carlos A. Lopez · Towanda, US
• Ana P. Tooker · Penfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 16, 2009
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2012
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03G2215/00016
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed are embodiments of a modular printing system with one or more modules having one or more bypass paths and comprise a modular printing system with a module (e.g., a stacker or feeder module) having a main compartment and at least one additional compartment. Contained within the main compartment is a main sheet transport path and a functional component (e.g., a sheet stacking device or a sheet feeding device) connected to the main sheet transport path. Contained with the additional compartment is a bypass path. The bypass path allows sheets to be routed through the module in the event of a print media sheet jam in the main sheet transport path. Because the bypass path is contained within a separate compartment, the jam can be cleared from the main compartment without cycling down the printing system, thereby allowing for continued productivity.