(19)
(11) EP 0 855 626 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.08.1998 Bulletin 1998/32

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.07.1998 Bulletin 1998/31

(21) Application number: 98300325.2

(22) Date of filing: 16.01.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: G03G 15/00, B65H 5/06
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 21.01.1997 US 786443

(71) Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
Rochester, New York 14644 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Quesnel, Lisbeth S.
    Pittsford, NY 14534 (US)
  • Darling, Frank C., Jr.
    Wolcott, NY 14590 (US)
  • Dicesare, Cesidio J.
    Rochester, NY 14625 (US)

(74) Representative: Mackett, Margaret Dawn et al
Rank Xerox Ltd Patent Department Parkway
Marlow Buckinghamshire SL7 1YL
Marlow Buckinghamshire SL7 1YL (GB)

   


(54) Sheet transport apparatus


(57) Described herein is an apparatus for adjusting the nip normal force in a sheet transport. The transport has a drive roll (122) and an idler roll (124,125) forming a nip therewith. One end (121) of the idler roll is fixed and the other end (127) has an adjusting mechanism (130) to increase or decrease the normal force exerted in the nip to cause a sheet to skew as a result of the normal force.






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