Patent ID: 8331842
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for selectively providing a surface finish to a receiver having an image side, comprising: a. a first, a second, and a central rotatable member, the first and the central rotatable members arranged to form a first nip and the second and the central rotatable members arranged to form a second nip, wherein one of the rotatable members forming each nip is an impression member adapted to provide a respective desired surface finish to the image side of the receiver, and the other rotatable member forming each nip is a pressure member adapted to maintain the receiver in contact with the impression member while the receiver travels through the respective nip; b. a finishing belt entrained around one of the rotatable members and movable with that rotatable member, so that the finishing belt passes through one of the nips; c. a diverter disposed in a receiver feed path to selectively engage the moving receiver in a first or a second position, so that as the receiver moves along the feed path through the diverter in the first position, it engages the first nip, and as the receiver moves along the feed path through the diverter in the second position, it engages the second nip; and d. a structure for providing the selected surface finish, comprising: