Patent ID: 7726649

Claim:
A sheet transport system for a reproduction machine, comprising: a transport chute having an inlet through with a sheet enters the transport chute and an outlet from which the sheet exits the transport chute after traveling though the transport chute in a transport direction, the transport chute being substantially enclosed about the sheet traveling therethrough between the inlet and the outlet; a plenum associated with the transport chute, the plenum connectable to an air flow supply; and an opening between the plenum and the substantially enclosed transport chute to direct air flowing through said plenum into the transport chute in the transport direction, said opening being a slot extending across the transport chute transverse to the transport direction and being disposed between the inlet and the outlet of the transport chute, wherein said transport chute and said opening are sized to achieve air flow into the transport chute sufficient to produce a net air drag force in the transport direction from the inlet to the outlet to transport the sheet through said transport chute by said air flow.