US Patent 7963518 Printing system inverter apparatus and method

Patent 7963518 was granted and assigned to Xerox on June, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Xerox

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7963518

Patent Inventor Names

Steven R. Moore0

Date of Patent

June 21, 2011

Patent Application Number

11331627

Date Filed

January 13, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

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Michael C McCullough

Patent abstract

A media sheet inverter apparatus and method is disclosed. The media sheet inverter, according to one embodiment of the disclosure, comprises an input nip configured to receive a media sheet and a reversing roll nip configured to receive a media sheet from the input nip. The media sheet is subsequently held within the inverter for a predetermined time before being ejected to an output nip configured to receive the media sheet from the reversing roll nip. The inverter apparatus and method is especially suited to inverting alternating media sheets.