Patents by Inventor Tina M. Burns

Tina M. Burns has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7494121
    Abstract: A system and method of stacking printed sheets with sheet curl stacking problems in an automatically variable configuration stacking system having a spaced array of repositionable initial sheet supporting surfaces providing a generally planar initial stack supporting configuration on which a limited amount of sheets initially stack, and then, in response to stacking additional sheets in said system, the stacking system automatically changes to a different, arcuate, stack supporting configuration by automatically lowering at least some of the spaced array of initial sheet supporting surfaces to arcuately bend the curled sheets in an arcuate direction transverse the sheet curl direction on a fixed stacking surface that is arcuate transversely of the sheet curl direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas K. Herrmann, Richard P. Ficarra, Tina M. Burns, Bruce D. Caryl, Robert F. Rubscha