Patent №
US 8,317,185
Granted
2012-11-27
Filed 2011
Owner
XEROX CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
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Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
13101630
A method and apparatus for feeding media sheets in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include applying a downward airflow to a top of a leading edge of a media sheet located at a top of a media stack that is to be fed to an image production section of the image production device, and applying a vacuum airflow to the top of the leading edge of the media sheet located at the top of the media stack that is to be fed to the image production section of the image production device, the applied downward airflow and the applied vacuum airflow causing the top media sheet to separate from the media stack, and feeding the separated top media sheet to the image production section.
AI classification
Ownership
XEROX CORPORATION
assignment · 262310974
Assignors
HERRMANN, DOUGLAS K.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.