US 7,475,973 B2
Sheet handling device with a temperature controlled sheet support plate
Pieter G. M. Kruijt, HE Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Assigned to Oce-Technologies B.V., Venlo (Netherlands)
Filed on Oct. 03, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/240,557.
Claims priority of application No. 04104858 (EP), filed on Oct. 04, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0071996 A1, Apr. 06, 2006
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 347—88  [347/104] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sheet handling device comprising a sheet support plate made of a heat conductive material having a first heat capacity, said plate having at least one cavity formed between a top wall defining a top surface of the plate and a bottom wall defining a bottom surface of the plate; and a temperature control system including a circulating system for circulating a temperature control fluid through said cavity wherein the cavity contains a displacement body which is spaced apart from said top wall and is made of a material having a second heat capacity which is smaller than said first heat capacity.