Dual flip over roll inverter

US8708337B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

• Bruce A. Thompson · Fairport, US
• Frank Albert Porter · Penfield, US
• Michael J. Linder · Walworth, US
• William M. Harney · Rochester, US
• Robert Rinefierd · Fairport, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 28, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 29, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 28, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2404/63
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Provided herein is sheet inverter apparatus which includes a diverter gate which diverts the sheet to one of at least two paths, a first paper path, and a second paper path. The first and second path each include a rotatable nip assembly, the rotatable nip assembly including a nip drive roll and a nip idler roll positioned so as to define a nip therebetween, the nip serving as a rotatable axis around which the nip drive roll and the nip idler roll rotate to invert the sheet.