# US 11,299,364 B2 · Paddle roller rotations

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- Number: US 11,299,364 B2
- Document ID: US11299364B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/609,459
- Filed: 2018-05-15
- Published: 2021-10-28
- Granted: 2022-04-12
- Earliest claimed: 2018-05-15
- Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicants: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Inventors: Stephen Thomas Rohman; Matthew Raisanen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11299364B2

## CPC

- B65H 31/36: Auxiliary devices for contacting each article with a front stop as it is piled
- B65H 31/02: with stationary end support against which pile accumulates
- B65H 43/00: Use of control, checking, or safety devices, e.g. automatic devices comprising an element for sensing a variable
- B65H 2301/4212: of articles substantially horizontal
- B65H 2301/4452: Regulating space between separated articles
- B65H 2404/1114: Paddle wheel
- B65H 2404/152: Arrangement of roller on a movable frame
- B65H 2511/10: Size; Dimensions
- B65H 2511/13: Thickness
- B65H 2511/15: Height, e.g. of stack
- B65H 2511/30: Numbers, e.g. of windings or rotations
- B65H 2801/27: Devices located downstream of office-type machines
- B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

## Abstract

In an example printing device may include a tray to receive print media sheets, and a paddle roller to rotate about an axis and move individual print media sheets of the print media sheets to abut an end register of the tray and form a stack of print media sheets, and the paddle roller rotate a first quantity of rotations per print media sheet based in response to a determination that the stack of print media sheets corresponds to a first height.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A finishing device, comprising:
a tray to receive print media sheets; and
a paddle roller to rotate about an axis and move individual print media sheets of the print media sheets to abut an end register of the tray and form a stack of print media sheets, wherein the paddle roller is to:
rotate a first quantity of rotations per print media sheet in response to a determination that the stack of print media sheets corresponds to a first height; and
rotate a second quantity of rotations per print media sheet in response to a determination that the stack of print media sheets corresponds to a second height greater than the first height, wherein the second quantity of rotations is larger than the first quantity of rotations.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The finishing device of claim 1, wherein the paddle roller is to rotate a third quantity of rotations per print media sheet in response to a determination that the stack of print media sheets corresponds to a third height greater than the second height.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The finishing device of claim 1, wherein the first height of the stack of print media sheets corresponds to a first registration time, and the second height of the stack corresponds to a second registration time.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The finishing device of claim 3, wherein the second registration time is greater than the first registration time.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The finishing device of claim 1, wherein the first quantity of rotations per individual print media sheet to move a print media sheet to abut the end register of the tray is to be altered based on a size of an individual print media sheet.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The finishing device of claim 5, wherein the first quantity of rotations per print individual media sheet is further to be altered based on a thickness of an individual print media sheet.

### Claim 7

A printing device, comprising:
a print mechanism to transfer a print substance to print media sheets;
a media advance mechanism to move the print media sheets from the print mechanism to a finishing zone;
a paddle roller to rotate about an axis and move individual print media sheets of the print media sheets to abut an end register in the finishing zone; and
a controller to:
cause the paddle roller to rotate a first quantity of rotations per print media sheet in response to a determination that a stack of print media sheets corresponds to a first height;
cause the paddle roller to rotate a second quantity of rotations per print media sheet in response to a determination that the stack of print media sheets corresponds to a second height of the stack, wherein the second quantity of rotations per print media sheet is greater than the first quantity of rotations per print media sheet, and the second height is greater than the first height; and
cause the paddle roller to rotate a third quantity of rotations per print media sheet in response to a determination that the stack of print media sheets corresponds to a third height of the stack, wherein the third quantity of rotations per print media sheet is greater than the second quantity of rotations per print media sheet, and the third height is greater than the second height.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The printing device of claim 7, wherein the first quantity of rotations and the first height of the stack of print media sheets correspond to a first registration time, and the second quantity of rotations and the second height of the stack of print media sheets correspond to a second registration time.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The printing device of claim 7, wherein a page gap is to increase based on the determination that the stack of print media sheets corresponds to the second height of the stack.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The print device of claim 9, wherein a registration time is altered based on an increase in the page gap.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

The printing device of claim 7, wherein the printing device alters the first quantity of rotations of the paddle roller per print media sheet based on a size of the individual print media sheets.

### Claim 12

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing resource to cause the processing resource to:
receive signals indicative of a print job;
set an initial quantity of rotations of a paddle roller per print media sheet for a starting portion of the print job, wherein rotation of the paddle roller is to cause the print media sheet to move to abut an end register of a finishing tray;
set an intermediate quantity of rotations of the paddle roller per print media sheet for an intermediate portion of the print job, wherein the intermediate quantity of rotations per print media is greater than the initial quantity of rotations per print media, and the intermediate portion of the print job corresponds to a height of a print media stack greater than a height of a print media stack of an initial portion of the print job; and
set a final quantity of rotations of the paddle roller per print media sheet for a final portion of the print job, wherein the final quantity of rotations per print media is greater than the intermediate quantity of rotations per print media, and the final portion of the print job corresponds to a height of a print media stack greater than the height of the print media stack of the intermediate portion of the print job.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The medium of claim 12, further comprising instructions executable by the processing resource further to:
determine a size of the print media sheet; and
set the initial quantity of rotations of the paddle roller per print media sheet, the intermediate quantity of rotations of the paddle roller per print media sheet, the final quantity of rotations of the paddle roller per print media sheet, or a combination thereof, based on a determined size of the print media sheet.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The medium of claim 12 further comprising instructions executable by the processing resource further to:
set a page gap based on the initial quantity of rotations of the paddle roller per print media sheet, the intermediate quantity of rotations of the paddle roller per print media sheet, the final quantity of rotations of the paddle roller per print media sheet, or a combination thereof.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The medium of claim 14, wherein responsive to reception of signals indicative of the print job, the paddle roller is to cause formation of a stack of print media sheets, and further wherein the stack of print media sheets is to be stapled.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The medium of claim 12, further comprising instructions executable by the processing resource further to:
determine a thickness of the print media sheet; and
set the initial quantity of rotations of the paddle roller per print media sheet, the intermediate quantity of rotations of the paddle roller per print media sheet, the final quantity of rotations of the paddle roller per print media sheet, or a combination thereof, based on a determined thickness of the print media sheet.