EP0197722A3 - Sheet decurling apparatus - Google Patents

Sheet decurling apparatus Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0197722A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: decurling apparatus; sheet decurling; sheet; decurling
Prior art date: 1985-04-01
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP86302316A

Other versions

EP0197722B1 (en

EP0197722A2 (en

Inventor

Youti Kuo

Dale W. Young

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Xerox Corp

Original Assignee

Xerox Corp

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1985-04-01

Filing date

1986-03-27

Publication date

1987-05-13

1985-04-01 Priority claimed from US06/718,605 external-priority patent/US4632533A/en

1985-04-01 Priority claimed from US06/718,606 external-priority patent/US4591259A/en

1986-03-27 Application filed by Xerox Corp filed Critical Xerox Corp

1986-10-15 Publication of EP0197722A2 publication Critical patent/EP0197722A2/en

1987-05-13 Publication of EP0197722A3 publication Critical patent/EP0197722A3/en

1990-01-31 Application granted granted Critical

1990-01-31 Publication of EP0197722B1 publication Critical patent/EP0197722B1/en

2006-03-27 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
- B65H5/36—Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H23/00—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs
- B65H23/04—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally
- B65H23/34—Apparatus for taking-out curl from webs
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2801/00—Application field
- B65H2801/03—Image reproduction devices
- B65H2801/06—Office-type machines, e.g. photocopiers
- G—PHYSICS
- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
- G03G2215/00—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes
- G03G2215/00362—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes relating to the copy medium handling
- G03G2215/00367—The feeding path segment where particular handling of the copy medium occurs, segments being adjacent and non-overlapping. Each segment is identified by the most downstream point in the segment, so that for instance the segment labelled "Fixing device" is referring to the path between the "Transfer device" and the "Fixing device"
- G03G2215/00417—Post-fixing device
- G03G2215/00421—Discharging tray, e.g. devices stabilising the quality of the copy medium, postfixing-treatment, inverting, sorting
- G—PHYSICS
- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
- G03G2215/00—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes
- G03G2215/00362—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes relating to the copy medium handling
- G03G2215/00535—Stable handling of copy medium
- G03G2215/00662—Decurling device

EP19860302316 1985-04-01 1986-03-27 Sheet decurling apparatus Expired - Lifetime EP0197722B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US06/718,605 US4632533A (en)	1985-04-01	1985-04-01	Off-set nip roll decurler
US718606		1985-04-01
US06/718,606 US4591259A (en)	1985-04-01	1985-04-01	Tri-pass baffle decurler
US718605		1985-04-01

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0197722A2 EP0197722A2 (en)	1986-10-15
EP0197722A3 true EP0197722A3 (en)	1987-05-13
EP0197722B1 EP0197722B1 (en)	1990-01-31

Family

ID=27109944

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP19860302316 Expired - Lifetime EP0197722B1 (en)	1985-04-01	1986-03-27	Sheet decurling apparatus

Country Status (2)

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EP (1)	EP0197722B1 (en)
DE (1)	DE3668603D1 (en)

Families Citing this family (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US5066984A (en) *	1987-11-17	1991-11-19	Gradco Systems, Inc.	Decurler
US5123895A (en) *	1989-09-05	1992-06-23	Xerox Corporation	Passive, intelligent, sheet decurling system
JPH0421476A (en) *	1990-05-16	1992-01-24	Asahi Optical Co Ltd	Mechanism for correcting fold line of continuous recording paper
JP2971988B2 (en) *	1990-11-29	1999-11-08	株式会社リコー	Recording paper decurling device
DE4141530C2 (en) *	1991-12-17	1993-09-30	Ibm	Guide to the transfer of sheet-like media
US5316539A (en) *	1992-09-01	1994-05-31	Lexmark International, Inc.	Self-adjusting paper recurler
JP3197191B2 (en) *	1995-08-31	2001-08-13	株式会社沖情報システムズ	Ticket issuing device and ticket issuing method
JP2018115065A (en) *	2017-01-19	2018-07-26	株式会社東芝	Image formation device

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB2063225A (en) *	1979-11-15	1981-06-03	Xerox Corp	De-curling sheet material
US4360356A (en) *	1980-10-15	1982-11-23	The Standard Register Company	Decurler apparatus
US4505695A (en) *	1983-04-18	1985-03-19	Xerox Corporation	Sheet decurling mechanism

1986
- 1986-03-27 EP EP19860302316 patent/EP0197722B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1986-03-27 DE DE8686302316T patent/DE3668603D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB2063225A (en) *	1979-11-15	1981-06-03	Xerox Corp	De-curling sheet material
US4360356A (en) *	1980-10-15	1982-11-23	The Standard Register Company	Decurler apparatus
US4505695A (en) *	1983-04-18	1985-03-19	Xerox Corporation	Sheet decurling mechanism

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Publication number	Publication date
DE3668603D1 (en)	1990-03-08
EP0197722B1 (en)	1990-01-31
EP0197722A2 (en)	1986-10-15

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