Patent ID: 8594547

Claim:
A constrained transfer assist blade (CTAB) assembly adapted to bias media toward a photoreceptor device of a printing machine, comprising: a blade member having at least one blade segment that includes pressure blades movable toward the photoreceptor device for biasing media toward the photoreceptor device; a wear layer that overlays a top surface of the pressure blades of the at least one blade segment and spans the top surface of the at least one segment from an outer edge to a lifter contact region where a lifter assembly actuates the at least one blade segment toward the photoreceptor device to contact the outer edge with the media; and, a biasing feature to constrain the pressure blades from splaying toward the photoreceptor device wherein the biasing feature is disposed to overlay the top surface of the pressure blades adjacent and opposite to the wear layer by laterally extending from an inner edge that is opposite the outer edge and extending to the lifter contact region of the at least one segment.