Media catchers
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsWesley Chia, Hock-Yong Cheng, Chin-Siang Chua, Alberto Arredondo Rosales, Rodrigo Ruiz, Alberto Borrego Lebrato
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Abstract
In an example, a media catcher may include a first frame member and a second frame member spaced away from the first frame member along a lateral direction, thereby defining a catcher width of the media catcher. Additionally, the media catcher may also include a device interface disposed at a top end of the first frame member or the second frame member. The device interface may attach the media catcher to an imaging device. The media catcher may further include a catch panel extending between the first frame member and the second frame member to catch and support media.
Claims20
A media catcher, comprising:
- a first frame member;
- a second frame member spaced away from the first frame member along a lateral direction, thereby defining a catcher width of the media catcher;
- a device interface disposed at a top end of the first frame member or the second frame member, the device interface to attach the media catcher to an imaging device;
- and
- a catch panel extending between the first frame member and the second frame member to catch and support media having a width within the catcher width,
- wherein an upper portion of the first and second frame members slopes downward when the media catcher is installed on the imaging device so as to guide print media having a width greater than the catcher width over the media catcher and beyond the catch panel.
A media catcher, comprising:
- a first frame member;
- a second frame member spaced away from the first frame member along a lateral direction;
- a first support member extending between, and disposed on a front side of, the first frame member and the second frame member;
- a second support member extending between, and disposed on a back side of, the first frame member and the second frame member;
- a catch panel disposed in between, and extending along a periphery of, the first frame member and the second frame member from the front side to the back side;
- and
- a third frame member, the first and second support members further extending along the lateral direction from the second frame member to the third frame member.
An imaging device, comprising:
- an imaging component;
- a media input disposed on a back side of the imaging component;
- a media output disposed on a front side of the imaging component, wherein a media path extends from the media input, through the imaging component, to the media output;
- and
- a media catcher hanging from the imaging component adjacent the media output, the media catcher comprising:
- a first frame member;
- a second frame member spaced from the first frame member along a lateral direction, thereby defining a catcher width of the media catcher;
- a first support member extending between the first frame member and the second frame member;
- and
- a catch panel extending around a periphery of the first and second frame members, the catch panel to catch and retain print media having a width within the catcher width delivered from the media output,
- wherein an upper portion of the first and second frame members aligns with and extends the media path from the media output to a position beyond the catch panel so as to guide print media having a width greater than the catcher width over the media catcher so that media with a width greater than the catcher width are not caught in the media catcher.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.