Document handler vacuum belt platen transport system
CA 1310343 C · Owner: Iaia, Thomas C. Jr. · Inventors: Siegel, Robert P.; Iaia, Thomas C. Jr.; Mclaughlin, William J.
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A document handler 20 for presenting documents to the platen 23 of a copier 10 for copying with a vacuum belt platen transport system 23 having plural unapertured, thin, low-frictional document transporting belts, 35 with substantial exposed spaces 35a between the edges of the belts the, belts being movable under a substantially planar vacuum plenum backing and imaging background surface 33a overlying the platen and a vacuum, system 33 for applying a partial vacuum to a document sheet being transported by the movable belts; wherein the vacuum plenum surface 33a has multiple vacuum apertures 53 located under and overlaid by the edges of the belts 35, the belts extending in rows under the …
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- Granted November 17, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 17, 2009.
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