Patent ID: 6736394
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A sheet lateral registration system for sequentially laterally registering and feeding sheets moving in a sheet path direction, comprising:at least two spaced apart sheet feeding rollers providing defined intermittent sheet engagement and sheet disengagement nips, a rotatable drive system for said at least two spaced apart sheet feeding rollers, a lateral shifting system for laterally moving a sheet by laterally shifting said at least two spaced apart sheet feeding rollers laterally relative to said sheet path direction while a sheet is engaged in said intermittent sheet engagement nips of said at least two sheet feeding rollers, and said lateral shifting system having a home position and intermittently laterally shifting said at least two spaced apart sheet feeding rollers towards said home position of said lateral shifting system without laterally moving said sheet while a sheet is in said intermittent sheet disengaged nips of said at least two sheet feeding rollers.