Patent ID: 7896344
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: B65H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for moving paper in an electrostatic marking system, said method comprising: providing a paper sheet feeding component to feed paper sheets to said system, providing said paper sheet feeding component to move said paper sheets to a bi-directional sheet transport component disposed on a sheet transport path, said sheet transport path having at one first end a sheet output and at a second opposite end a sheet purge, positioning at least one sensor and controller along said sheet transport path, said at least one sensor and controller configured to stop feeding said paper sheets toward said sheet output and put said bi-directional sheet transport component in a reverse direction toward said sheet purge when a paper jam is detected, positioning a baffle sheet diverter between said sheet output and said sheet purge, directing said sheet diverter via said controller to direct said sheet to said sheet transport path in a forward direction toward said sheet output or in a reverse direction toward said sheet purge, said at least one sensor and controller when sensing a paper jam putting said bi-directional sheet transport component in said reverse direction toward said sheet purge and exiting said paper of said paper jam at said sheet purge, and when said sensor and controller detect that said paper jam is cleared, said sensor and controller will restart said bi-directional sheet transport component to move only in said forward direction toward said sheet output.