Patent ID: 8297616

Claim:
An apparatus for laterally registering a sheet moved in a process direction along a transport path in a media handling assembly, a lateral direction extending perpendicular to the process direction, the assembly comprising: at least two nip assemblies spaced apart from one another along a first axis extending in the lateral direction, each nip assembly including a driven wheel coupled to a drive mechanism regulated by a first controller, the driven wheel rotatably supported about the first axis, and an idler roller cooperating with the driven wheel to engage the sheet there between, the driven wheel imparting motion along the process direction to the sheet, the idler roller rotatably supported to freely rotate about a second axis, the second axis being selectively moveable relative to the first axis, the selective movement being between a first and second orientation while the sheet is moved along the transport path by the driven wheel with the cooperation of the idler roller, wherein in the first orientation the second axis extends parallel to the first axis, wherein in the second orientation the second axis extends at an oblique angle to the first axis, the selective movement pivoting about a third axis substantially extending through a centerline common to both the driven wheel and the idler roller of each nip assembly, wherein the selective movement of at least one of the at least two nip assemblies is independent from the selective movement of another of the at least two nip assemblies.